이미
Romanisation: imi
already
Example sentence
영화가 이미 시작했어요.
Yeonghwaga imi sijakaesseoyo.
The movie has already started.
What 이미 means
이미 (imi) is an Korean word meaning “already”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 3
겨우
gyeou
only then; barely
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
원래
wollae
originally; it turns out
어쩔 수 없이
eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually