No. 7,438 in Korean
최근에
"Recently"
In a sentence
최근에 날씨가 많이 추워졌어요.
Recently, the weather has become much colder.
In this sentence, '최근에' is used as an adverb indicating a recent period.
저는 최근에 새로운 취미를 시작했어요.
I started a new hobby recently.
Here, '최근에' serves to specify the time period within which the speaker began the activity.
최근에 읽은 책이 정말 재미있었어요.
The book I read recently was really interesting.
In this sentence, '최근에' modifies the verb to clarify the time frame associated with the action.
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