Example Sentences#

1. 경험에 따르면, 누군가 제 곁에 있으면 그 사람의 성격이 저를 방해하고 자유를 제한합니다.¹
   In my experience, if someone is beside me, their personality disturbs me and restricts my freedom.
   • 따르다 means ‘to follow’.
   • 면 is a conditional ending meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’.
   • 에 따르면 is a pattern used to cite a source or evidence as the basis for a statement, typically meaning ‘according to’.
2. 이를 눈치챈 라사로도 맹인을 따라 두 개씩, 세 개씩 먹기 시작했다.²
   Noticing this, Lazaro also began eating two at a time, then three at a time, following the blind man’s example.
   • 따르다 means ‘to follow’.
   • -아서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events. In this context, 서 is omitted.
3. 눈부신 길 따라 시작되는 세상³
   A world begins along the dazzling path
   • 따르다 means ‘to follow’.
   • -아서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, 서 is omitted.
4. 그는 말없이 따라갔고, 한 시간 동안 아무 말도 하지 않았다.⁴
   He followed silently, and did not say a word for an hour.
   • 따라가다 means ‘to follow’ or ‘to go after’, formed from 따르다 (to follow) and 가다 (to go).
   • 았 is a past tense marker.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
5. 바람 따라 흩어지는 꽃잎들³
   Petals scattered by the wind
   • 따르다 means ‘to follow’.
   • -아서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, 서 is omitted.
6. 흐르는 바람 따라 춤추듯 가³
   Like I’m dancing with the flowing wind
   • 따르다 means ‘to follow’.
   • -아서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, 서 is omitted.