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The meaning of "as soon as" can be created by adding the preposition ~자마자 to a verb at the conclusion of a sentence. The next clause then happens "as soon as" the preceding clause's action is complete. 


For example, "집에 도착하자마자 전화했어요" (I called as soon as I got home). This expression is very useful for describing actions that follow one another in sequence. 

This expression is usually used to emphasize an action that is done "immediately after" the first action occurs. In addition, 자마자 often precedes the verb or action to show the immediacy of the response. 

For instance:

> 음식이 익자마자 바로 먹었어요

   As soon as the food was cooked, I ate it right away

> 제가 노래 끝나자마자 청중은 큰 소리로 환호했습니다

   As soon as I finished the song, the audience cheered loudly


From the two examples above, we can slightly conclude that the verb followed by 자마자 is a present tense verb. Let's look at the following illustration!

What does 자마자 mean? oleh Retno Anggraeni

As soon as (는 대로)

In Korean, 는 대로 placed at the end of a verb means as soon as just like ~자마자. For instance:

> 음식이익는 대로 바로 먹었어요

   As soon as the food was cooked, I ate it right away.

But in practice 자마자 is more commonly used compared to ~는 대로 .

As soon as, when, after (을때)

Besides 자마자, you can also use 을때 for this grammar. Although 을때 is not as common as 자마자 in daily conversation. In Korean 을때 & 자마자 can be said to be identical although if translated one by one into English, the grammar of both is slightly different. Examples:

1. 란티가 출근할 때 비가 많이 내리고 있었습니다

   When Ranti went to work, it was raining very hard

2.  란티가 출근하자마자 비가 많이 내리기 이었습니다

   As Soon as Ranti left for work, it was raining heavily


For these two examples, using 자마자 would be more appropriate than using 을때. If this is explained then we can tentatively conclude that the use of 자마자 is for an event that happens very quickly after the previous event, usually only a few minutes or hours apart. Not even a day.


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