Example Sentences#

1. 아름다움 보여 줘, 사라지기 전에¹
   Show me beauty before it fades away
   • 사라지다 means ‘to disappear’ or ‘to vanish’.
   • -기 is a nominalizing suffix, turning the verb into a noun form.
2. 그의 힘은 사라져서 조절하기 어려운 상태가 되었습니다.²
   His power disappeared, leaving him in a state where it was difficult to maintain control.
   • 사라지다 means ‘to disappear’.
   • -어서 is a connective ending that indicates cause and effect.
3. 호랑이는 등에 있던 것이 사라진 것을 느끼고 크게 안심했습니다.³
   The tiger, feeling the thing on its back disappear, was greatly relieved.
   • 사라지다 means ‘to disappear’.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.