Example Sentences#

1. 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.
   • 오래다 means ‘to be long’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.