Example Sentences#

1. 조용히 내일을 만들어 가¹
   Quietly shaping tomorrow
   • 만들다 means ‘to make’ or ‘to create’.
   • -어서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, 서 is omitted.
2. “요즘 사람들은 무엇이든 가게에서 이미 만들어진 것을 사지.²
   “These days, people buy everything already made in shops.
   • 만들다 means ‘to make’.
   • -어지다 is a grammar pattern used to indicate that someone or something gradually becomes the state mentioned in the preceding statement. When attached to transitive verbs, it converts them into intransitive passive forms.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
3. 구름이 하늘을 지나 그의 빛을 가리며 그의 힘을 약하게 만들었습니다.³
   A cloud passed through the sky, covering his light and weakening his power.
   • 만들다 means ‘to make’.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니다 is a formal polite ending used in declarative sentences.