Example Sentences#

1. 지수: 요즘 봤던 드라마 중에 뭐가 제일 기억에 남아?¹
   Jisoo: Among the dramas you’ve watched recently, which one remains most memorable?

   • 보다 means ‘to see’ or ‘to watch’.
   • 았 is the past tense marker.
   • -던 is derived from -더-, a retrospective suffix conveying past personal experience or observation, combined with the adnominal modifier -ㄴ.
   • -았던 functions as an adnominal modifier, signifying a recalled completed past action with a nuance of personal memory or experience.

2. 둘이 너무 다른데, 그래서 더 재밌었던 것 같아.¹
   The two of them are so different, and I think that’s why it was more fun.

   • 재미있다 (composed of 재미 meaning ‘fun’ and 있다 meaning ‘to exist’) means ‘to be fun’ or ‘to be interesting’. It’s often contracted to 재밌다 in casual speech.
   • 었 is the past tense marker.
   • 던 is derived from -더-, a retrospective suffix conveying past personal experience or observation, combined with the adnominal modifier -ㄴ.
   • -었던 functions as an adnominal modifier, signifying a recalled completed past action with a nuance of personal memory or experience.