Example Sentences#

1. 호랑이가 크게 울면 마을 사람들은 모두 떨었습니다.¹
   When the tiger roared loudly, all the villagers trembled.
   • 울다 means ‘to cry’ or, in the case of animals, ‘to make their characteristic sound’ (here, ‘to roar’ for a tiger).
   • -면 is a conditional ending meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’.
2. 그때 집 안에서 아기가 크게 울었습니다.¹
   At that moment, a baby inside began crying loudly.
   • 울다 means ‘to cry’.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니다 is a formal polite ending used in declarative sentences.
3. “아가, 울지 마.¹
   “Baby, don’t cry.
   • 울다 means ‘to cry’.
   • -지 말다 is a negation pattern used for imperatives, with 지 attached to the verb stem and 말다 as an auxiliary verb to negate commands.
4. 그러나 아기는 계속 울었습니다.¹
   But the baby continued to cry.
   • 울다 means ‘to cry’.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니다 is a formal polite ending used in declarative sentences.
5. “자, 울지 마.¹
   “Come on, don’t cry.
   • 울다 means ‘to cry’.
   • -지 말다 is a negation pattern used for imperatives, with 지 attached to the verb stem and 말다 as an auxiliary verb to negate commands.