Example Sentences#

1. 지금 답 없어도 괜찮아¹
   It’s okay if you don’t have an answer right now
   • 지금 means ‘now’.
2. 흔들리는 지금조차 춤으로 바뀌어가²
   Even this trembling now turns into a dance
   • 지금 means ‘now’.
   • 조차 is a particle meaning ‘even’, used to emphasize the extremity or unexpectedness of the statement.
3. 아니면 나비가 지금 자신이 장주라는 꿈을 꾸고 있는 것일까?”³
   Or is the butterfly now dreaming that it is Zhuang Zhou?”
   • 지금 means ‘now’.
4. 과학은 각자 다른 방향으로 나아가고 있으며, 지금까지는 우리에게 큰 해를 끼치지 않았습니다.⁴
   Each science is progressing in different directions and has not caused us great harm until now.
   • 지금 means ‘now’.
   • 까지 is a particle that marks the extent or endpoint of a spatial, temporal, or quantitative range, meaning ‘until’, ‘to’, or ‘up to’.
   • 는 is a topic marker, indicating what the sentence is about or the topic of discussion. It can emphasize an element, contrast it with another, or set the context for what follows.