Lesson 6

친구들 볼 시간이 없어요.
I have no time to see my friends.

Full text (2 sentences)
요즘 워낙 이것저것 바쁜 일이 많아서 시간이 어떻게 가는지 모르고 지내고 있었는데, 곰곰이 생각해 보니까 마지막으로 친구들이랑 만나서 저녁 식사 했던 게 거의 6개월 전이었더라고요. 그래서 오랜만에 친구들한테 연락해서 시간 나면 얼굴 보고 식사나 같이 하자고 했는데 다들 시간이 안 난다고 해서 실제로 언제 보게 될지는 모르겠어요.

Key vocabulary & expressions
곰곰이 생각하다 = to think thoroughly; to think deeply; to mull over
마지막으로 = lastly, for the last time
시간이 나다 = to have time available
실제로 = actually, for real

Linking parts
워낙 -아/어/여서 = it’s so + Adjective + that …
-고 있었는데 = I was + Verb + -ing and
-아/어/여 보니까 = I did + Verb + and then I found that …; as a result of + Verb + -ing
같이 + Verb + -자고 했는데 = I suggested doing + Verb + together
그래서 + Verb + -았/었/였는데 = so I did + Verb + and/but …

Translation
I’ve been so busy lately with various things so I wasn’t aware of how time was passing, but when I thought deeply about when the last time was that I had dinner with my friends, it was nearly 6 months ago. So I contacted my friends after a long while and suggested meeting up and having a meal together or something if they have time, but all of them said they don’t have time so I don’t know when I’ll actually get to see them.