Example Sentences#

1. 가끔 어두운 부분도 있지만, 그래도 희망적인 부분이 있어서 좋았어.¹
   Although there were some dark parts at times, I still liked that there were hopeful parts.
   • 어둡다 means ‘to be dark’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 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.²
   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.
   • 어둡다 means ‘to be dark’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
3. 도둑은 소를 훔치려고 몰래 올라갔지만, 어두워서 호랑이를 소로 착각하고 뛰어내린 것이었습니다.³
   The thief had secretly climbed up to steal a cow, but because it was dark, he mistook the tiger for a cow and jumped down.
   • 어둡다 means ‘to be dark’.
   • -어서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means.