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나아지다: Vocabulary #247

Example Sentences#

  1. 두 사람 다 마음에 상처가 있는데, 서로 조금씩 나아지는 게 진짜 감동이었어.1
    Both of them were emotionally hurt, but seeing them gradually heal each other was truly touching.
    • 나아지다 is a verb meaning ‘to improve’ or ‘to get better’. It is formed by combining 낫다 (‘to be better’ or ‘to recover’) and -아지다, a grammatical pattern indicating a change of state or gradual becoming.
    • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Exploring K Drama Favorites.

나아지다: Vocabulary #247
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/나아지다/
Author
Korean Story Lab
Published at
2026-03-19
License
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