Example Sentences#

1. 경험에 따르면, 누군가 제 곁에 있으면 그 사람의 성격이 저를 방해하고 자유를 제한합니다.¹
   In my experience, if someone is beside me, their personality disturbs me and restricts my freedom.
   • 누군가 means ‘someone’ and comes from 누구인가, combining 누구 (a pronoun used to refer to an unknown or unspecified person), 이다 (to be), and ㄴ가 (a marker expressing curiosity or uncertainty). It forms an expression that conveys the idea of ‘someone’ — a specific but unidentified person.
2. 누구보다 너희가 소중했으니까²
   Because you were more precious to me than anyone.
   • 누구 is a pronoun used to refer to an unknown or unspecified person, typically meaning ‘who’ or ‘anyone’ depending on context.
   • 보다 is a particle meaning ‘than’, marking the subject against which something else is compared. It defaults to implying a greater degree (더, more) unless explicitly stated otherwise with 덜 (less).