Example Sentences#

1. 하린: 너 정말 치맥 없이는 못 사는구나.¹
   Harin: You really can’t live without chicken and beer, can you?

   • 살다 means ‘to live’.
   • -는구나 is a casual exclamatory ending expressing an introspective reaction, often reflecting understanding, realization, or an internal conclusion drawn from processing new information or recognizing a fact.

2. “라사로야, 오늘은 너와 이 포도를 똑같이 나누어 먹고 싶구나.²
   “Lazaro, today I want to share these grapes evenly with you.

   • 싶다 is an adjective meaning ‘to be desirous of’, and when used after the connective ending -고, it expresses a desire to do something or to be in a certain state.
   • -구나 is a casual exclamatory ending expressing an introspective reaction, often reflecting understanding, realization, or an internal conclusion drawn from processing new information or recognizing a fact.

3. 곶감이 나보다 더 무섭구나!”³
   A dried persimmon must be scarier than me!”

   • 무섭다 means ‘to be scary’.
   • -구나 is a casual exclamatory ending expressing an introspective reaction, often reflecting understanding, realization, or an internal conclusion drawn from processing new information or recognizing a fact.

4. “라사로, 너는 나를 속였구나.²
   “Lazaro, you have deceived me.

   • 속이다 means ‘to deceive’ or ‘to trick’.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • -구나 is a casual exclamatory ending expressing an introspective reaction, often reflecting understanding, realization, or an internal conclusion drawn from processing new information or recognizing a fact.

5. “곶감은 역시 무서운 괴물이구나!”³
   “So, dried persimmons really are terrifying monsters after all!”

   • 괴물 means ‘monster’.
   • 이다 is the copula ‘to be’.
   • -구나 is a casual exclamatory ending expressing an introspective reaction, often reflecting understanding, realization, or an internal conclusion drawn from processing new information or recognizing a fact.