Example Sentences#

1. “사람은 자기가 길들인 것만 알 수 있어.” 여우가 말했다.¹
   “One only knows the things one has tamed,” said the fox.
   • 자기 means ‘oneself’.
   • 가 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
2. 모두가 자기만의 지옥 품었어²
   Everyone carried their own hell.
   • 자기 means ‘oneself’.
   • 만 is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘just’.
   • 의 is a possessive marker.