Example Sentences#

1. 그들은 여자를 만지지 않기로 다짐했기 때문이다.¹
   They had promised not to touch a woman.
   • 다짐하다 means ‘to promise’.
   • -기로 하다 is a grammar pattern used to express a deliberate decision or a determined course of action, and the verb 하다 (to do) carries the meaning of 결정하다 (to decide) in this context. This pattern can also be combined with other verbs like 다짐하다 to convey a sense of making a promise or resolution.
   • 였 is a past tense marker.
   • -기 is a nominalizing suffix, turning the verb into a noun form.