-스럽다: Adjective-forming Suffix
Example Sentences#
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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 makes the preceding statement function as an adnominal phrase describing the following noun.
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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.