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나아지다: Vocabulary #247
Example Sentences
- 두 사람 다 마음에 상처가 있는데, 서로 조금씩 나아지는 게 진짜 감동이었어.1
Both of them were emotionally hurt, but seeing them gradually heal each other was truly touching.- 나아지다 is a verb meaning ‘to improve’ or ‘to get better’. It is formed by combining 낫다 (‘to be better’ or ‘to recover’) and -아지다, a grammatical pattern indicating a change of state or gradual becoming.
- -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
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나아지다: Vocabulary #247
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/나아지다/