Example Sentences#

1. 남겨진 마음은 어디로 가는 걸까?¹
   Where does a heart left behind go?
   • 남기다 means ‘to leave behind’ or ‘to leave remaining’. It is the causative form of 남다 (to remain), formed by adding the causative suffix -기-.
   • -어지다 is a grammar pattern used to indicate that someone or something gradually becomes the state mentioned in the preceding statement. When attached to transitive verbs, it converts them into intransitive passive forms.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 길 남기지 않는 발자국 되고파²
   I want to be footprints that leave no trail
   • 남기다 means ‘to leave behind’ or ‘to leave remaining’. It is the causative form of 남다 (to remain), formed by adding the causative suffix -기-.
   • -지 않다 is a negation pattern, with 지 attached to the verb stem and 않다 as an auxiliary verb for negation.
3. 길 위에 남긴 발자국 따라가²
   Following the footprints left on the path
   • 남기다 means ‘to leave behind’ or ‘to leave remaining’. It is the causative form of 남다 (to remain), formed by adding the causative suffix -기-.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.