Example Sentences#

1. 나연: 아, 이런 큰 공연 있을 때는 진짜 미리 계획 세우고 일찍 가야지.¹
   Nayeon: Ah, for big concerts like this, you really have to plan ahead and go early.
   • 세우다 means ‘to set up’ or ‘to establish’.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
2. 꿈속에서 저는 종종 인류를 위해 봉사할 계획을 세우곤 합니다.²
   In my dreams, I often make plans to serve humanity.
   • 세우다 means ‘to set up’ or ‘to establish’.
   • -곤 하다 is an expression used to indicate that the same situation occurs repeatedly. It is a contraction of -고는 하다, which combines the conjunctive particle -고, the topic marker -는 (highlighting the action as a characteristic topic), and the auxiliary verb 하다 (to do), conveying the nuance of repeated or habitual occurrence.