Example Sentences#

1. 멈추지 않고 나아가고 싶어¹
   I want to keep moving forward
   • 나아가다 means ‘to move forward’ or ‘to advance’.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
2. 빈손인 채 다시 나아가는 길²
   With empty hands, I move forward again
   • 나아가다 means ‘to move forward’ or ‘to advance’.
   • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
3. 과학은 각자 다른 방향으로 나아가고 있으며, 지금까지는 우리에게 큰 해를 끼치지 않았습니다.³
   Each science is progressing in different directions and has not caused us great harm until now.
   • 나아가다 means ‘to progress’ or ‘to advance’.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
4. 앞으로 나아갈 수밖에 없었어⁴
   I had no choice but to keep moving forward.
   • 나아가다 means ‘to move forward’ or ‘to advance’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.