Example Sentences#

1. “네가 오후 네 시에 온다면, 나는 세 시부터 벌써 행복해지기 시작할 거야.¹
   “If you come at four in the afternoon, then at three o’clock I shall begin to feel happy.
   • 시 means ‘o’clock’, a bound noun indicating one of the 24 hours of the day.
   • 부터 is a particle meaning ‘from’ or ‘since’, indicating the starting point of an action or state.
2. 난 태어날 때부터 자유 원했어²
   I wanted freedom since the day I was born.
   • 때 means ‘time’ or ‘occasion’.
   • The expression -ㄹ 때 is commonly used to indicate the duration, period, or occasion of a certain situation.
   • 부터 is a particle meaning ‘from’ or ‘since’, indicating the starting point of an action or state.