Example Sentences#

1. 그러나 노인은 단지 “좋을 수도 있고, 나쁠 수도 있습니다”라고 대답했습니다.¹
   However, the old man just answered, “It could be good, or it could be bad.”
   • 나쁘다 is the adjective ‘bad’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.
2. 하지만 노인은 다시 “좋을 수도 있고, 나쁠 수도 있습니다”라고 대답했습니다.¹
   But the old man again answered, “It could be good, or it could be bad.”
   • 나쁘다 is the adjective ‘bad’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.
3. 그러나 노인은 여전히 “좋을 수도 있고, 나쁠 수도 있습니다”라고 대답했습니다.¹
   However, the old man still answered, “It could be good, or it could be bad.”
   • 나쁘다 is the adjective ‘bad’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.