Example Sentences#

1. 어느 날 그들은 강 옆에 도착했는데, 그곳에는 젊고 아름다운 여자가 강을 건너려 하다가 어려움을 겪고 있었다.¹
   One day, they arrived beside a river, where there was a young and beautiful woman having difficulty trying to cross the river.
   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • The expression -려고 하다 indicates the intention or plan to do the action mentioned in the preceding statement.
   • 다가 is a clause ending indicating the interruption of an action to immediately start another action.
   • Together, 건너려 하다가 forms a pattern that means ‘intended to cross, but then (something else happened)’.