Example Sentences#

1. 세상에서 가장 다행스러운 것은 인간의 마음이 모든 것을 연결하지 못하는 능력이라고 생각합니다.¹
   I think the most fortunate thing in the world is the human mind’s inability to connect everything.
   • 다행스럽다 means ‘to be fortunate’. It is derived from 다행, meaning ‘fortune’ or ‘luck’, and the suffix -스럽다, which adds the meaning of ‘having the qualities of’ to the noun.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 그는 새로운 힘을 즐기며 세상에 영향을 미치는 것을 자랑스럽게 여겼습니다.²
   He enjoyed his new power and took pride in his influence over the world.
   • 자랑스럽다 means ‘to be proud’. It is derived from 자랑, meaning ‘pride’, and the suffix -스럽다, which adds the meaning of ‘having the qualities of’ to the noun.
   • 게 is an adverbial suffix.