Example Sentences#

1. “스님, 우리는 여자를 만지지 않기로 했는데, 어떻게 그 여자를 들어 건너셨습니까?”¹
   “We promised not to touch a woman. How could you carry her across the river?”
   • 건너다 means ‘to cross’.
   • (으)시 is an honorific marker used to show respect to the subject of the verb.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니까 is a question ending in formal speech.