Example Sentences#

1. 라사로는 속으로 웃음을 지으며, 맹인이 얼마나 영리한지 깨달았다.¹
   Lazaro smiled to himself, realizing how clever the blind man was.
   • 깨닫다 means ‘to realize’ or ‘to become aware of’.
   • 았 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.
2. 바람의 힘을 깨달은 타로는 바람이 되기를 원했습니다.²
   Realizing the wind’s power, Taro wished to become it.
   • 깨닫다 means ‘to realize’.
   • -은 is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.