Example Sentences#

1. 저는 인류 전체를 사랑할수록 특정 사람을 덜 사랑하게 됩니다.¹
   The more I love humanity, the less I come to love any particular person.

   • 사랑하다 means ‘to love’.
   • -게 is a clause ending that indicates a causative action, showing that the action in the preceding clause is either the result or the purpose of the action in the following clause, making or causing something to occur, often translated as ‘so that’ or ‘in order to’.

2. 그러나 언젠가 이 떨어져 있는 지식들이 모이면, 현실의 무서운 모습을 드러내고, 그 속에서 우리의 무서운 위치를 알게 되어 우리는 그 사실로 인해 미쳐버리거나 그 빛을 피해 새로운 어두운 시대의 평화와 안전 속으로 도망칠 것입니다.²
   However, someday, if these separate pieces of knowledge come together, they will reveal the fearful reality, and in that, we will come to know our terrifying position and either go mad or flee into the peace and safety of a new dark age, avoiding the light.

   • 알다 means ‘to know’.
   • -게 is a clause ending that indicates a causative action, showing that the action in the preceding clause is either the result or the purpose of the action in the following clause, making or causing something to occur, often translated as ‘so that’ or ‘in order to’.

3. 그때 나이 든 스님은 아무 말 없이 여자를 들어 강을 건너게 도와주고, 다른 쪽에 내려놓은 후 다시 길을 떠났다.³
   At that moment, the old monk picked up the woman without a word, helped her cross the river, set her down on the other side, and resumed the journey.

   • 건너다 means ‘to cross’.
   • -게 is a clause ending that indicates a causative action, showing that the action in the preceding clause is either the result or the purpose of the action in the following clause, making or causing something to occur, often translated as ‘so that’ or ‘in order to’.

4. 사람들이 가까이 오면 저는 즉시 싫어하게 됩니다.¹
   When people get close to me, I immediately start to dislike them.

   • 싫어하다 means ‘to dislike’. It is derived from the adjective 싫다 (to be unpleasant) using the pattern -어하다, which transforms adjectives into verbs to describe the feeling or perception of an emotion from an external viewpoint.
   • -게 is a clause ending that indicates a causative action, showing that the action in the preceding clause is either the result or the purpose of the action in the following clause, making or causing something to occur, often translated as ‘so that’ or ‘in order to’.

5. 하지만 특정 사람을 미워할수록 인류 전체를 더욱 사랑하게 되는 것은 언제나 그래왔습니다.¹
   But the more I hate any particular person, the more I come to love humanity as a whole, and it has always been so.

   • 사랑하다 means ‘to love’.
   • -게 is a clause ending that indicates a causative action, showing that the action in the preceding clause is either the result or the purpose of the action in the following clause, making or causing something to occur, often translated as ‘so that’ or ‘in order to’.