Example Sentences#

1. 아름다움 보여 줘, 사라지기 전에¹
   Show me beauty before it fades away

   • 아름답다 means ‘to be beautiful’.
   • -ㅁ is a nominalizing suffix that turns the verb into a noun.

2. 엄마가 곶감을 주자 아기는 바로 울음을 멈췄습니다.²
   As soon as the mother gave the baby the dried persimmon, the baby stopped crying immediately.

   • 울음 is a noun meaning ‘crying’, derived from the verb 울다 (to cry) by adding the nominalizing suffix -음.
   • 을 is an object marker.

3. 이 따뜻함 붙잡고 싶어¹
   I want to hold onto this warmth

   • 따뜻하다 means ‘to be warm’.
   • -ㅁ is a nominalizing suffix that turns the verb into a noun.