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.
   • 무섭다 means ‘to be fearful’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 산에는 무서운 호랑이가 살고 있었습니다.²
   In that mountain lived a fearsome tiger.
   • 무섭다 means ‘to be scary’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
3. “호랑이도 안 무서워하는 아기가 곶감은 무서워하네?²
   “So a baby who isn’t even scared of a tiger is afraid of a dried persimmon?
   • 무서워하다 means ‘to be scared of’. It is derived from the adjective 무섭다 (to be scary) using the pattern -어하다, which transforms adjectives into verbs to describe the feeling or perception of an emotion from an external viewpoint.
   • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
4. 곶감이 나보다 더 무섭구나!”²
   A dried persimmon must be scarier than me!”
   • 무섭다 means ‘to be scary’.
   • -구나 is a casual exclamatory ending expressing an introspective reaction, often reflecting understanding, realization, or an internal conclusion drawn from processing new information or recognizing a fact.
5. “곶감은 역시 무서운 괴물이구나!”²
   “So, dried persimmons really are terrifying monsters after all!”
   • 무섭다 means ‘to be scary’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.