Example Sentences#

1. 걷고 나면 보이는 길은 왜일까¹
   Why do the roads only reveal themselves after I walk?
   • 걷다 means ‘to walk’.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
2. 체셔 고양이: “오, 넌 분명히 갈 곳이 있을 거야,” 고양이가 말했다, “오래 걷기만 하면 돼.”²
   Cheshire Cat: “Oh, you’re sure to find a place,’ said the cat, ‘as long as you walk long enough.”
   • 걷다 means ‘to walk’.
   • -기 is a nominalizer, turning the verb into a noun form.
   • -만 is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘just’.
3. 구름 위를 걷는 것 같아³
   It’s like we’re walking on clouds
   • 걷다 means ‘to walk’.
   • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
4. 끝없는 하늘 아래 걸어볼래⁴
   I want to walk under the endless sky
   • 걷다 means ‘to walk’.
   • -어 보다 is a grammatical construction where 보다 (to see) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that one attempts or tests the action described in the preceding statement.
   • -ㄹ래 is an informal ending used to express the speaker’s firm intention to undertake a future action, or to ask about the listener’s willingness, often framed as a suggestion or invitation.