Example Sentences#

1. 구름이 하늘을 지나 그의 빛을 가리며 그의 힘을 약하게 만들었습니다.¹
   A cloud passed through the sky, covering his light and weakening his power.
   • 약하다 means ‘to be weak’.
   • 게 is an adverbial suffix.
2. 그러나 그의 힘은 큰, 움직이지 않는 산에 부딪히면서 약해졌습니다.¹
   However, his power weakened as he hit a big, immovable mountain.
   • 약하다 means ‘to be weak’.
   • -여지다 is a grammar pattern used to indicate that someone or something gradually becomes the state mentioned in the preceding statement.
   • 었 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니다 is a formal polite ending used in declarative sentences.