Example Sentences#

1. 얼마 지나지 않아 전쟁이 일어났고, 젊은이들이 군대로 갔습니다.¹
   Not long after, war broke out, and the young men went to the army.
   • 지나다 means ‘to pass (time)’.
   • -지 않다 is a negation pattern, with 지 attached to the verb stem and 않다 as an auxiliary verb for negation.
2. 하지만 얼마 지나지 않아 맹인은 두 개씩 집어먹기 시작했다.²
   But not long after, the blind man began eating two at a time.
   • 지나다 means ‘to pass (time)’.
   • -지 않다 is a negation pattern, with 지 attached to the verb stem and 않다 as an auxiliary verb for negation.
3. 두 시간이 지나고, 세 시간이 지나자 젊은 스님은 더 이상 참을 수 없었다.³
   Two hours passed, and when three hours had passed, the young monk couldn’t endure it any longer.
   • 지나다 means ‘to pass’.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
4. 구름이 하늘을 지나 그의 빛을 가리며 그의 힘을 약하게 만들었습니다.⁴
   A cloud passed through the sky, covering his light and weakening his power.
   • 지나다 means ‘to pass’.
   • -아서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, 서 is omitted.