"제 차는 오래됐습니다."

Translation: My car is old.

[QuirJ]

I wrote my tea is old lolol technically correct

[BobbieGoede]

How do I differentiate tea and car in sentences like these :(

[wintertriangles]

No one keeps an old cup of tea around I'd imagine

[Igor242724]

But old tea leaves should still be thrown out, as they lose their aroma and flavor

[Le_choc]

What is more natural? 차 or 자동차?

[suhandiwiratama]

Although both are usable, but I suggest to use 자동차 for car. 차 might create confusion in some cases since 차 also means "tea".

[Unicornmon3]

How would one say "My car was old."?
As in, 'I had a car but I sold it. My car was old.'

[hallojanelle]

My tea is old :(

[Stellanique]

Shouldn't it be was old ...past tense

[mhin1]

While the English sentence is in present ense, the Korean sentence is in past tense. The verb in question is formed with a special verb:

오래되다 ("to be old")= 오래 ("old") + 되다 ("to become")

As such this verb is almost always conjugated to the past tense in use.

[MariaMicaela29]

This is a very good point to highlight, thanks for doing it! I share this video that delves into this matter: https://youtu.be/0vcRA6PCU84

[VanillaBobcat]

Literally answered my Q without even being asked, thanks ! <3

[JanThanDan]

Some Korean tense thing

[Lizzie679965]

why does 차는 sound like 체는 ? is there a rule because of the suffix?