Example Sentences#

1. 나연: 오, 분위기 완전 다르네.¹
   Nayeon: Oh wow, such a different vibe!

   • 다르다 means ‘to be different’.
   • -네 is a sentence-ending particle expressing mild surprise or discovery through direct observation, voicing the speaker’s immediate acknowledgment of something perceived in the moment.

2. “아이가 호랑이를 무서워하지 않네?”²
   “Oh, the baby isn’t scared of the tiger?”

   • 않다 is an auxiliary verb that makes the clause negative.
   • -네 is a sentence-ending particle expressing mild surprise or discovery through direct observation, voicing the speaker’s immediate acknowledgment of something perceived in the moment.

3. 한국은 열정이 폭발하는 느낌이고, 일본은 질서 있는 에너지 같네.¹
   Korean concerts are like this explosion of passion, while Japanese concerts are more like an organized kind of energy.

   • 같다 means ‘to be like’ or ‘to seem’.
   • -네 is a sentence-ending particle expressing mild surprise or discovery through direct observation, voicing the speaker’s immediate acknowledgment of something perceived in the moment.

4. “호랑이도 안 무서워하는 아기가 곶감은 무서워하네?²
   “So a baby who isn’t even scared of a tiger is afraid of a dried persimmon?

   • 무서워하다 means ‘to be scared of’. It is derived from the adjective 무섭다 (to be scary) using the pattern -어하다, which transforms adjectives into verbs to describe the feeling or perception of an emotion from an external viewpoint.
   • -네 is a sentence-ending particle expressing mild surprise or discovery through direct observation, voicing the speaker’s immediate acknowledgment of something perceived in the moment.