Example Sentences#

1. 체셔 고양이: “그건 네가 어디로 가고 싶은지에 달려 있어,” 고양이가 말했다.¹
   Cheshire Cat: “That depends on where you want to go,” said the cat.

   • 달리다 means ‘to be influenced’ or ‘to be affected’.
   • 어 is a verb ending, part of the pattern -어 있다 used to express a continuing state of a completed action, often used with intransitive verbs or passive verbs.

2. 그러나 언젠가 이 떨어져 있는 지식들이 모이면, 현실의 무서운 모습을 드러내고, 그 속에서 우리의 무서운 위치를 알게 되어 우리는 그 사실로 인해 미쳐버리거나 그 빛을 피해 새로운 어두운 시대의 평화와 안전 속으로 도망칠 것입니다.²
   However, someday, if these separate pieces of knowledge come together, they will reveal the fearful reality, and in that, we will come to know our terrifying position and either go mad or flee into the peace and safety of a new dark age, avoiding the light.

   • 떨어지다 means ‘to fall’ or ‘to drop’. In this context, it implies ‘to be separated’ or ‘to be detached’.
   • 어 is a verb ending, part of the pattern -어 있다 used to express a continuing state of a completed action, often used with intransitive verbs or passive verbs.

3. 산은 단단하게 서 있었고, 그의 힘에 영향을 받지 않았습니다.³
   The mountain stood firmly and was unaffected by his power.

   • 서다 means ‘to stand’.
   • 어 is a verb ending, part of the pattern -어 있다 used to express a continuing state of a completed action, often used with intransitive verbs or passive verbs.