Example Sentences#

1. 모아둔 기억들, 점점 높아진 벽¹
   The memories I’ve gathered, a wall growing taller
   • 모아두다 means ‘to gather and keep something for a while’. It is formed by combining 모으다 (to gather or collect) with the pattern -아 두다, which indicates that a certain act is completed and its result remains in a particular state or condition. This pattern incorporates the auxiliary verb 두다 (to put or leave), which conveys the nuance of maintaining the result as it is or doing something in advance for future use.
   • ㄴ is a past tense modifier that makes the preceding statement function as an adnominal phrase describing the following noun.