Example Sentences#

1. 잡으려 하면 멀어지는 꿈¹
   A dream that drifts away when I try to catch it
   • 멀다 means ‘to be far’ or ‘distant’.
   • -어지다 is a grammar pattern used to indicate that someone or something gradually becomes the state mentioned in the preceding statement.
   • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.