Example Sentences#

1. 걷고 나면 보이는 길은 왜일까¹
   Why do the roads only reveal themselves after I walk?
   • 나다 means ‘to occur’ and can function as an auxiliary verb used when the action of the preceding statement has been completed.
   • 면 is a conditional ending meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’.
   • Together, -고 나면 forms a construction meaning ‘if/once the preceding action is completed’.