Example Sentences#

1. 다들 힘들게 사는데, 서로 도와주고 이해하면서 조금씩 변해가는 게 너무 좋았어.¹
   While everyone lives with difficulty, I really liked how they help each other, understand each other, and gradually change.
   • 변하다 means ‘to change’.
   • -여 가다 is a grammatical construction indicating that the action or state mentioned in the preceding statement continues or progresses over time.
   • -는 is a present tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 그것은 숲의 오래된 영혼의 목소리였고, 타로에게 원하는 무엇이든 변할 수 있는 힘을 주겠다고 했습니다.²
   It was the voice of an old spirit of the forest, promising Taro the power to change anything he wanted.
   • 변하다 means ‘to change’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.
3. 하지만, 변할 때마다 그의 삶에서 시간이 줄어든다는 조건이 있었습니다.²
   However, the condition was that each transformation would shorten his life.
   • 변하다 means ‘to change’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.
4. 태양으로 변한 타로는 그의 빛을 세상의 모든 곳에 비췄습니다.²
   Taro turned into the sun and shined his light everywhere in the world.
   • 변하다 means ‘to change’.
   • -ㄴ is a past tense modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.