Example Sentences#

1. 경험에 따르면, 누군가 제 곁에 있으면 그 사람의 성격이 저를 방해하고 자유를 제한합니다.¹
   In my experience, if someone is beside me, their personality disturbs me and restricts my freedom.
   • 자유 means ‘freedom’.
   • 를 is an object marker that identifies the noun as the target directly affected by an action.
2. 난 태어날 때부터 자유 원했어²
   I wanted freedom since the day I was born.
   • 자유 means ‘freedom’.
3. 자유를 꿈꾸며 달렸지만²
   I chased freedom in my dreams, but…
   • 자유 means ‘freedom’.
   • 를 is an object marker that identifies the noun as the target directly affected by an action.
4. 자유가 내 감옥이 되고 말았지²
   Freedom ended up becoming my prison.
   • 자유 means ‘freedom’.
   • 가 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
5. 이게 내가 택한 자유니까²
   Because this is the freedom I chose.
   • 자유 means ‘freedom’.
   • 이다 is the copula ‘to be’ and is omitted here, which commonly occurs when it follows a vowel-ending noun and attaches to a vowel-initial ending.
   • (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.