Example Sentences#

1. 그러나 그의 힘은 큰, 움직이지 않는 산에 부딪히면서 약해졌습니다.¹
   However, his power weakened as he hit a big, immovable mountain.
   • 부딪히다 means ‘to be collided with’. It is derived from the verb 부딪다 (to bump or hit) with the passive suffix -히- added. However, in this context, it conveys an active sense of ‘hitting’.
   • 면서 is a connective ending indicating simultaneous actions.