Example Sentences#

1. 요즘 스트레스도 풀 겸.¹
   It’s also to relieve some stress these days.
   • 풀다 means ‘to relieve’ or ‘to untie’.
   • -ㄹ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun, conveying assumption, intention, or possibility and including future, potential, or unrealized actions and states.
2. 한 사람은 저녁 식사에 너무 오랜 시간을 보내고, 다른 사람은 감기에 걸려 계속 코를 풀기 때문입니다.²
   One because he spends too much time at dinner, and another because he has a cold and keeps on blowing his nose.
   • 풀다 means ‘to blow (one’s nose)’.
   • -기 is a nominalizing suffix, turning the verb into a noun form.