Example Sentences#

1. 둘 다 미쳤으니까.”¹
   They’re both mad.”

   • 미치다 means ‘to go mad’ or ‘to become insane’.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • (으)니까 is a connective ending used to indicate the cause or reason for an action, emphasizing the speaker’s subjective reasoning or justification that leads to the resulting action or decision.

2. 이게 내가 택한 자유니까²
   Because this is the freedom I chose.

   • 자유 means ‘freedom’.
   • 이다 is the copula ‘to be’ and is omitted here, which commonly occurs when it follows a vowel-ending noun and attaches to a vowel-initial ending.
   • (으)니까 is a connective ending used to indicate the cause or reason for an action, emphasizing the speaker’s subjective reasoning or justification that leads to the resulting action or decision.

3. 체셔 고양이: “너는 여기 왔으니까,” 고양이가 말했다.¹
   Cheshire Cat: “Because you came here,” said the cat.

   • 오다 means ‘to come’.
   • 았 is a past tense marker.
   • (으)니까 is a connective ending used to indicate the cause or reason for an action, emphasizing the speaker’s subjective reasoning or justification that leads to the resulting action or decision.

4. 누구보다 너희가 소중했으니까²
   Because you were more precious to me than anyone.

   • 소중하다 means ‘to be precious’ or ‘to be valuable’.
   • 였 is a past tense marker.
   • (으)니까 is a connective ending used to indicate the cause or reason for an action, emphasizing the speaker’s subjective reasoning or justification that leads to the resulting action or decision.