What does "그제 서야" mean? From this sentence: "그제 서야 그 친구가 어떤 사람인지 알게 된 줄로 생각하는 것이다." "(having established that??) they think they came to know what kind of person this friend is" Does 서다 mean "establish" here? Why ~야 ? What is 그제? The meaning "the day before yesterday" doesn't seem to fit here?

How to say "spend time on a hobby?" I want to say something like "저는 시간이 있을 때 재 취미를 해요". What is a correct way to say it?

What is the meaning of 매 놓다, 떠돌이별, 같이? 1) “양을 매 놓을 수 있는 고삐를 줄께”? What is 매 놓다? I think 매 is a stick? But 놓다 has so many different meanings, i can’t find one that makes sense here. 2) 떠돌이별 “drifting star”? does it mean an asteroid? 3)ㅈ 발음 같이 연습 더해봐요 "try doing more exrecises with the pronunciation of ㅈ"? Does 같이 stand for "exercises WITH the pronunciation of ㅈ (in them)"?

Several questions about “가까스로” “이야기나 되는” “툭 던졌다” “두고 하는 말이”... I have many questions again from 어린 왕자... ^^ 1) 가까스로: does 스로 have any meaning? Are there other words that are formed by adding ~스로 or is 가까스로 unique? 2) 그러자 그는 아주 심각한 이야기나 되는 듯이 소곤소곤 다시 되풀이해 말했다. “Then he repeated softly again, like the conversation became very serious”? Does ~나 in “이야기나 되는” mean “or something”? Does 되다 mean “become” or is it a passive form of 이야기 하다? 3) “한마디 툭 던졌다” “said curtly”? Is the literal meaning “threw a word with a thud”? 4) “새삼 놀라지 ... " Is 새삼 from 새삼스럽다? Does it mean “again”? 5) 들여다보다: 들이다 + 다 +보다? Why is there 다 in the middle of this word? Or is this just the way this word is? :) 6) 그가 우연히 한 말들이 차츰차츰 모든 것을 알게 해 주었다. “The words that he by chance gradually ?? allowed me to understand the whole thing”? It feels as if a verb is missing. 그가... 뭘 했다? ㅎㅎ And why is 한 followed by plural 말들? 7) <네 집>이란 어디를 두고 하는 말이니? “Where do you say you place(?) <your home>”? What meaning does 두다 have? What is ~고 하는? If it’s a quote then why not ~다고 하다?

Verbs with 다? (없다고, 있었다는) Is this a correct translation for these sentences? What does ~다~ in 없다고 and 있었다는 mean? 1) 여섯 살 적에 어른들이 화가로 출세할 수 없다고 나를 낙심시켰기 때문에 나는 … 그리는 연습을 하지 않았으니까 말이다. “It is because i haven’t done any drawing exercises, since when i was six adults said that i won’t succeed as an artist and discouraged me” 2) 내가 사람 사는 고장에서 수천 마일 떨어진 곳에 있었다는 사실을 여러분은 잊지 말아 주길 바란다. “I want you all to not forget the fact that i was in a place thousands of miles removed from areas where people live”

What do these mean: 틈에서 살아오다; 가까이서; 그렇다고 해서; 진정어린? Hello, i have some questions about these sentences: 1) 나는 그래서 밀림 속에서의 모험에 대해 한참 생각해 보고 난 끝에 색연필을 가지고 내 나름대로 내 생애 첫 번째 그림을 그려보았다. I am not sure how is 그래서 used here. Which is correct: - “Because i have thought for some time about adventures in the jungle….” - “And that’s why i thought for some time about adventures in the jungle…” Also, why is it 생각해 보고 not just 생각하고? What does 보다 mean here? 2) 어른들 틈에서 많이 살아온 것이다. “Adults often live in crevices”? Is “틈에서 살아오다” an idiom? Why is 오다 used? 3) 나는 가까이서 그들을 볼 수 있었다. “가까이서” What does 서 mean here? 4) 그렇다고 해서 그들에 대한 내 생각이 나아진 건 없었다. What does “그렇다고 해서” mean? I thought그렇다고 meant “even so”, “and yet”, but why is 하다 there? 5) 진정어린 이야기 Why is it 진정어린 and not 진정한? What does 어린 mean here? I’m sorry, it’s a lot of questions... I hope somebody can help me ^^”