Example Sentences#

1. 근데 간신히 도착했더니 비까지 오고, 줄도 정말 길고 입구 찾기도 힘들었어.¹
   But when I finally managed to get there, it even started raining, the line was super long, and even finding the entrance was hard.

   • 비 means ‘rain’.
   • 까지 is a particle that marks the extent or endpoint of a spatial, temporal, or quantitative range, meaning ‘until’, ‘to’, or ‘up to’, carrying the emphatic meaning of ‘even’ when that limit includes something extreme or unexpected.

2. 과학은 각자 다른 방향으로 나아가고 있으며, 지금까지는 우리에게 큰 해를 끼치지 않았습니다.²
   Each science is progressing in different directions and has not caused us great harm until now.

   • 지금 means ‘now’.
   • 까지 is a particle that marks the extent or endpoint of a spatial, temporal, or quantitative range, meaning ‘until’, ‘to’, or ‘up to’.
   • 는 is a topic marker, indicating what the sentence is about or the topic of discussion. It can emphasize an element, contrast it with another, or set the context for what follows.