Example Sentences#

1. 그러나 언젠가 이 떨어져 있는 지식들이 모이면, 현실의 무서운 모습을 드러내고, 그 속에서 우리의 무서운 위치를 알게 되어 우리는 그 사실로 인해 미쳐버리거나 그 빛을 피해 새로운 어두운 시대의 평화와 안전 속으로 도망칠 것입니다.¹
   However, someday, if these separate pieces of knowledge come together, they will reveal the fearful reality, and in that, we will come to know our terrifying position and either go mad or flee into the peace and safety of a new dark age, avoiding the light.
   • 도망치다 means ‘to flee’ or ‘to escape’, formed from 도망 (escape) and 치다 (to hit or strike), which, in compounds, conveys a sense of carrying out an action forcefully, abruptly, or energetically, emphasizing the sudden or desperate manner of escape.
   • -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.
2. 그렇게 생각하며 호랑이는 산속으로 도망쳤습니다.²
   Thinking so, the tiger fled deep into the mountains.
   • 도망치다 means ‘to flee’ or ‘to escape’, formed from 도망 (escape) and 치다 (to hit or strike), which, in compounds, conveys a sense of carrying out an action forcefully, abruptly, or energetically, emphasizing the sudden or desperate manner of escape.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니다 is a formal polite ending used in declarative sentences.