Example Sentences#

1. 모아둔 기억들, 점점 높아진 벽¹
   The memories I’ve gathered, a wall growing taller
   • 모아두다 means ‘to gather and keep something for a while’. It is formed by combining 모으다 (to gather or collect) with the pattern -아 두다, which indicates that a certain act is completed and its result remains in a particular state or condition. This pattern incorporates the auxiliary verb 두다 (to put or leave), which conveys the nuance of maintaining the result as it is or doing something in advance for future use.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 그런데 왜 아직도 그 여자를 마음속에 두고 있는가?”²
   Why are you still carrying her?”
   • 두다 means ‘to place’ or ‘to leave’.
   • 마음속에 두다 is a phrase meaning to keep something in mind or to be preoccupied with a thought.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.