-스럽다: Adjective-forming Suffix
Example Sentences#
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.
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.