Example Sentences#

1. 눈을 감아야 진짜가 보여¹
   Close your eyes to see what’s real
   • 감다 means ‘to close one’s eyes’.
   • -아야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.
2. 눈 감으면 들려오는 멜로디²
   A melody that plays when I close my eyes
   • 감다 means ‘to close one’s eyes’.
   • -으면 is a conditional ending meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’.