Example Sentences#

1. 하지만 이 긴 벽들이 너무 빨리 가까워져서 이제는 마지막 방에 있고, 저기 구석에 내가 달려가는 덫이 있어.”¹
   But these long walls closed in so quickly that now I am in the last room, and over there in the corner is the trap I am running towards.”
   • 달려가다 is a compound verb formed by 달리다 (to run) and 가다 (to go), meaning ‘to run towards’.
   • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 너와 나, 손잡고 달려가²
   Let’s hold hands and run
   • 달려가다 means ‘to run towards’, formed from 달리다 (to run) and 가다 (to go).
   • 아 is a casual imperative ending used in informal speech.