Example Sentences#

1. 하지만 네가 아무 때나 온다면, 나는 몇 시에 마음의 준비를 해야 할지 알 수 없을 거야…”¹
   But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour to prepare my heart…”
   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • 마음의 준비를 하다 is a fixed phrase literally meaning ‘to prepare one’s mind or heart’, commonly used to mean ‘to mentally prepare oneself’ or ‘to brace oneself’.
   • -여야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.