Example Sentences#

1. 그곳에서 한 농부가 맹인에게 포도 한 송이를 건네주었다.¹
   There, a farmer handed a bunch of grapes to the blind man.
   • 건네주다 means ‘to hand over’ or ‘to pass’. It is formed by combining 건네다 (to hand over) with the pattern -어 주다, where 주다 (to give) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that the action is done for someone else’s benefit.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • -다 is the plain declarative ending used to state facts or describe events in an impersonal, neutral tone without addressing a specific listener, found in objective narration (stories, articles, diaries), self-directed speech, announcements, and emphatic exclamations.