Example Sentences#

1. 오늘도 내리지 않은 결심이¹
   Today, once again, an unmade decision
   • 결심 means ‘decision’ or ‘resolution’.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
2. 포도가 너무 잘 익어서 가방에 넣을 수 없었기에, 맹인은 그 자리에서 라사로와 함께 포도를 나누어 먹기로 결심했다.²
   The grapes were so ripe that they couldn’t be put in the bag, so the blind man decided to share them on the spot with Lazaro.
   • 결심하다 means ‘to determine’ or ‘to make up one’s mind’.
   • -기로 하다 is a grammar pattern used to express a deliberate decision or a determined course of action, and the verb 하다 (to do) carries the meaning of 결정하다 (to decide) in this context. This pattern can also be combined with verbs like 결심하다 to emphasize the act of making a firm decision.
   • 였 is a past tense marker.
   • -다 is the plain declarative ending used to state facts or describe events in an impersonal, neutral tone without addressing a specific listener, found in objective narration (stories, articles, diaries), self-directed speech, announcements, and emphatic exclamations.
3. 그는 결심하여 구름이 되기를 원했습니다.³
   He decided that he wanted to become a cloud.
   • 결심하다 means ‘to decide’.
   • -여서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, 서 is omitted.