"빙하는 오 년 전에 거대했습니다."

Translation: The glacier was huge five years ago.

[pQpQrOPY]

Why is "that was a big-assed humungous glacier five years ago" marked wrong?

[Staszek456]

This very question haunts me day and night

[CF00l]

氷河는 五 年 前에 巨大했습니다.

[sbuckeye]

인간이 유발 한 지구 기후 변화. v_v

[ThomasWelc4]

Or the ice simply melted. It's happened as long as there has been ice.

[SamuelRhee]

(Glaciers used to refreeze the water)

[Neil431711]

It will grow larger when the weather warms up so that there is more snow fall and when the under water volcanic activity subsides.

[Staszek456]

Isn't it better to use native words when giving a timespan? I mean, wouldn't it be better (if even possible) to say "...다섯 해 전에..."? I'm curious.

[jackisback7]

Some words and counters always use Sino-Korean, years is one of them

[kam195208]

would the sentence change if you used the number 5 and not the word???