Example Sentences#

1. 우리는 끝없는 검은 바다 한가운데 있는 고요한 무지의 섬에 살고 있으며, 멀리 나가는 것은 우리에게 맞지 않았습니다.¹
   We live on a quiet island of ignorance in the middle of an endless black sea, and it was not meant for us to venture far.
   • 바다 means ‘sea’ or ‘ocean’.
2. 바다 너머엔 낙원이 없었어²
   There was no paradise beyond the sea.
   • 바다 means ‘sea’ or ‘ocean’.
3. 그 끝엔 눈물의 바다뿐이었어²
   At the end, there was only an ocean of tears.
   • 바다 means ‘sea’ or ‘ocean’.
   • 뿐 is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘nothing but’.
   • 이다 is the copula ‘to be’.
   • -뿐이다 is a structure used to express that the action or state is the only possibility or circumstance, often translated as ‘it is only’ or ‘it is nothing but’.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 어 is a casual ending used in informal speech.