Example Sentences#

1. 그러다 도둑은 나뭇가지를 붙잡고 겨우 나무 위로 올라갔습니다.¹
   At that moment, the thief grabbed a tree branch and barely managed to climb up the tree.
   • 나뭇가지 is a compound noun formed from 나무 (tree) and 가지 (branch), meaning ‘tree branch’. ㅅ is a liaison consonant used in compound nouns to phonetically link the two parts.
   • 를 is an object marker that identifies the noun as the target directly affected by an action.