Example Sentences#

1. 오른쪽과 왼쪽 멀리서 벽이 보이기 시작했을 때 기뻤어.¹
   I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left.
   • 벽 means ‘wall’.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
2. 모아둔 기억들, 점점 높아진 벽²
   The memories I’ve gathered, a wall growing taller
   • 벽 means ‘wall’.
3. 벽 너머 세상이 궁금했어³
   I wondered about the world beyond the walls.
   • 벽 means ‘wall’.
4. 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.”
   • 벽 means ‘wall’.
   • 들 is a plural marker.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
5. 저 벽 너머 텅 빈 세상 향해³
   Towards that empty world beyond the walls.
   • 벽 means ‘wall’.