Example Sentences#

1. 이십사 시간 안에 저는 최고의 사람도 미워하기 시작합니다.¹
   Within twenty-four hours, I start to hate even the best of people:
   • 시간 means ‘hours’ or ‘time’.
2. 깊은 시간 속 깨어난 멜로디²
   A melody awakened in the depths of time
   • 시간 means ‘time’.
3. 그는 말없이 따라갔고, 한 시간 동안 아무 말도 하지 않았다.³
   He followed silently, and did not say a word for an hour.
   • 시간 means ‘hour’.
4. “그러고 싶지만, 나는 시간이 많지 않아.⁴
   “I would like to, but I don’t have much time.
   • 시간 means ‘time’.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
5. 하지만, 변할 때마다 그의 삶에서 시간이 줄어든다는 조건이 있었습니다.⁵
   However, the condition was that each transformation would shorten his life.
   • 시간 means ‘time’.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
6. 한 사람은 저녁 식사에 너무 오랜 시간을 보내고, 다른 사람은 감기에 걸려 계속 코를 풀기 때문입니다.¹
   One because he spends too much time at dinner, and another because he has a cold and keeps on blowing his nose.
   • 시간 means ‘time’.
   • 을 is an object marker that identifies the noun as the target directly affected by an action.
7. 두 시간이 지나고, 세 시간이 지나자 젊은 스님은 더 이상 참을 수 없었다.³
   Two hours passed, and when three hours had passed, the young monk couldn’t endure it any longer.
   • 시간 means ‘hour’.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
8. “같은 시간에 왔으면 더 좋았을 텐데.” 여우가 말했다.⁴
   “It would have been better if you had come at the same time,” said the fox.
   • 시간 means ‘time’.
   • 에 is a particle indicating a point in time.
9. 끝난 시간을 넘어 시작되는 순간들²
   Moments arising beyond the end of time
   • 시간 means ‘time’.
   • 을 is an object marker that identifies the noun as the target directly affected by an action.