Example Sentences#

1. 하지만 저는 다른 사람과 함께 방 안에서 이틀 동안 지내는 것조차 견딜 수 없습니다.¹
   But I can’t even endure staying with other people in a room for two days.

   • 것 is a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, often used with modifiers to nominalize the preceding clause or phrase.
   • 조차 is a particle meaning ‘even’, used to emphasize the extremity or unexpectedness of the statement.

2. 흔들리는 지금조차 춤으로 바뀌어가²
   Even this trembling now turns into a dance

   • 지금 means ‘now’.
   • 조차 is a particle meaning ‘even’, used to emphasize the extremity or unexpectedness of the statement.