Example Sentences#

1. 하지만, 변할 때마다 그의 삶에서 시간이 줄어든다는 조건이 있었습니다.¹
   However, the condition was that each transformation would shorten his life.
   • 줄어들다 is a compound verb made up of 줄다 (to decrease) and 들다 (to enter or become), meaning ‘to decrease’ or ‘to diminish’.
   • -ㄴ다는 is derived from the structure -ㄴ다고 하는, where -ㄴ다고 is a quotative marker reporting speech or thoughts, 하다 means ‘to say’, and 는 is a present tense noun modifier used to describe the following noun. This structure suggests that something is being reported, quoted, or discussed rather than directly stated.