How to Say "but" in Korean? - 그런데

"but" in Korean is 그런데 (geureonde)

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• 배고팠어요. (baegopasseoyo) - I was hungry.
• 마트 갔어요. (mateu gasseoyo) - I went to the grocery store.
• 그래서 (geuraeseo) - so
• 배고팠어요. 그래서 마트 갔어요. (baegopasseoyo geuraeseo mateu gasseoyo) - I was hungry. So I went to the grocery store.
• 라면 먹었어요. (ramyeon meogeosseoyo) - I ate ramyeon.
• 없었어요. (eopsseosseoyo) - There was none.
• 라면 없었어요. (ramyeon eopsseosseoyo) - There was no ramyeon.
• 마트 갔어요. 그런데 라면 없었어요. (mateu gasseoyo geureonde ramyeon eopsseosseoyo) - I went to the grocery store. But there was no ramyeon.