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너머: Vocabulary #643

Example Sentences#

  1. 너머 세상이 궁금했어1
    I wondered about the world beyond the walls.
    • 너머 means ‘beyond’ or ‘over’, indicating the space on the other side of something. It is a noun derived from the verb 넘다 (to cross or to go over).
  2. 바다 너머엔 낙원이 없었어1
    There was no paradise beyond the sea.
    • 너머 means ‘beyond’ or ‘over’, indicating the space on the other side of something. It derives from the verb 넘다 (to cross or to go over).
    • is a contraction of 에는, where is a particle indicating location and is a topic marker.
  3. 저 벽 너머 텅 빈 세상 향해1
    Towards that empty world beyond the walls.
    • 너머 means ‘beyond’ or ‘over’, indicating the space on the other side of something. It is a noun derived from the verb 넘다 (to cross or to go over).

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from The Red Ribbon. 2 3

너머: Vocabulary #643
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/너머/
Author
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Published at
2026-03-19
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