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채: Vocabulary #611

2026-03-19
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Example Sentences#

  1. 빈손인 채 다시 나아가는 길1
    With empty hands, I move forward again
    • 채 is a bound noun indicating a continued state or condition, often translated as ‘while’ or ‘in the state of’.
    • -ㄴ 채(로) is a grammatical structure used to express that the action in the following clause occurs while the state described in the preceding clause is maintained.
  2. 놓아버릴 용기를 잃어버린 채1
    Having lost the courage to let go
    • 채 is a bound noun indicating a continued state or condition, often translated as ‘while’ or ‘in the state of’.
    • -ㄴ 채(로) is a grammatical structure used to express that the action in the following clause occurs while the state described in the preceding clause is maintained.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Shattered Pieces Song. ↩ ↩2

채: Vocabulary #611
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2026-03-19
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