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-기(를)/길 (바라다): Expression of Wish/Hope
2024-12-18
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Example Sentences#

  1. 이 순간이 영원하길1
    May this moment last forever

    • 영원하다 means ‘to be eternal’ or ‘to be forever’.
    • is a contraction of -기를, where -기 is a nominalizer and is the object marker. It is often used to express a wish or hope, as it implies an unspoken verb like 바라다 (to wish or hope).
  2. 잊으라 했지만 기억해주길2
    I told you to forget, but hoped you’d remember.

    • 기억하다 means ‘to remember’.
    • -여 주다 is a grammar pattern where 주다 (to give) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that the action is done for someone else’s benefit.
    • -길 is a contraction of -기를, where -기 is a nominalizer and is the object marker. It is often used to express a wish or hope, as it implies an unspoken verb like 바라다 (to wish or hope).

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Blue Breeze Song.

  2. Sentence from The Red Ribbon.

-기(를)/길 (바라다): Expression of Wish/Hope
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2024-12-18