Example Sentences#

1. 도둑은 소를 훔치려고 몰래 올라갔지만, 어두워서 호랑이를 소로 착각하고 뛰어내린 것이었습니다.¹
   The thief had secretly climbed up to steal a cow, but because it was dark, he mistook the tiger for a cow and jumped down.
   • 몰래 is an adverb meaning ‘secretly’ or ‘stealthily’, historically derived from the verb 모르다 (to not know).