어느새

어느새

"Before one knows it; all of a sudden."

The term '어느새' conveys a sense of unexpectedness or sudden awareness of time passing.

어느새 겨울이 찾아왔다.

Winter has arrived before we realized.

Here, '어느새' highlights the unexpectedness of someone approaching or arriving at a location unnoticed.

그는 어느새 내가 있는 곳에 도착해 있었다.

He had already arrived where I was without me noticing.

In this instance, '어느새' describes the speaker becoming immersed in the narrative without realizing when it started happening.

어느새 나는 그의 이야기에 빠져들어 있었다.

Before I knew it, I was deeply into his story.