Learn Korean: Verb + 다음에

Let’s take a look at the pattern Verb + 다음에. 다음 means next and when it is attached to a verb with the particle 에, it means after doing something or after someone does something. This is just one of a couple of ways to express the preposition after in Korean. You have to get the verb stem and add은 or ㄴ, whatever the final sound is. We can also think of this as do this and then...

나 죽은 다음에 말해요.

Tell (her) after I die.

영화 본 다음에 어디 갈까?

Where shall we go next after watching a movie?

바른 다음에 먹으면 안 된다고요?

I can’t eat after applying this (to my skin)?

서울 간 다음에 부산 가자.

Let’s go to Busan after Seoul, okay?

운동한 다음에 물 마셔도 괜찮아요?

Is it okay to drink water after working out?