Example Sentences#

1. 포도가 너무 잘 익어서 가방에 넣을 수 없었기에, 맹인은 그 자리에서 라사로와 함께 포도를 나누어 먹기로 결심했다.¹
   The grapes were so ripe that they couldn’t be put in the bag, so the blind man decided to share them on the spot with Lazaro.
   • 없다 means ‘to not exist.’
   • ㄹ 수 없다 forms a grammar pattern that expresses inability or impossibility.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • -기 is a nominalizing suffix, turning the verb into a noun form.
   • 에 is a particle indicating the cause or basis for something.
   • -기에 is a connective ending referring to the cause or reason for the following statement.