Example Sentences#

1. “나를 길들여 줘…” 여우가 말했다.¹
   “Please tame me…” said the fox.
   • 길들이다 means ‘to tame’ or ‘to domesticate’. It is the causative form of 길들다 (to become tame), formed by adding the causative suffix -이-.
   • 어 is part of the pattern -어 주다, which indicates that the action is done for someone else.
2. “사람은 자기가 길들인 것만 알 수 있어.” 여우가 말했다.¹
   “One only knows the things one has tamed,” said the fox.
   • 길들이다 means ‘to tame’ or ‘to domesticate’. It is the causative form of 길들다 (to become tame), formed by adding the causative suffix -이-.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
3. 네가 친구를 원한다면, 나를 길들여 줘.”¹
   If you want a friend, tame me.”
   • 길들이다 means ‘to tame’ or ‘to domesticate’. It is the causative form of 길들다 (to become tame), formed by adding the causative suffix -이-.
   • 어 is part of the pattern -어 주다, which indicates that the action is done for someone else.