Example Sentences#

1. 잃어버린 것만 소중하게 남아¹
   Only what’s lost remains precious
   • 소중하다 means ‘to be precious’ or ‘to be valuable’.
   • -게 is an adverb-forming suffix.
2. 누구보다 너희가 소중했으니까²
   Because you were more precious to me than anyone.
   • 소중하다 means ‘to be precious’ or ‘to be valuable’.
   • 였 is a past tense marker.
   • (으)니까 is a connective ending used to indicate the cause or reason for an action, emphasizing the speaker’s subjective reasoning or justification that leads to the resulting action or decision.