"말은 마지막 주 동안 무엇을 했어요?"

Translation: What did the horse do during the final week?

[dryanlee]

I would find it difficult to argue that "last" and "final" are not synonymous, though "last" is not accepted. Flagged...

[suhandiwiratama]

Final week? Before he got butchered? Felt sad to hear that :'(

[GuiyeounTokki]

In other examples “dong an” is translated as “for.” In this example it uses “during.” Some consistency please.

[kataleyah42]

It can mean both. 동안 is used to express a period of time, either "for (a duration)" or "while/during" - for a week, during the last week.

[RajasDaithankar]

@mvvr - It depends on the context. You can't complain that "second" means unit of time if I say "Wait for a second"; and mean something else if I say "The second time". Consistency?

[pinkem]

Can someone clarify which word means last/final and which means last/prior? Or can 마지막 be used for either?

[KarenKaise2]

마지막 means last/final. It cannot be used as last/prior. You would use 지난 for that meaning.

[Galuh84833]

I wrote "what did the horse do on the weekend" I think it should be accepted right?

[kataleyah42]

마지막 means "final" and 주 means "week", so "on the weekend would be incorrect. In that case, it would be 주말 ("weekend")