2021-05-31

Let’s learn about "-던” suffix

1. 지난 일을 회상하거나 그 회상 사실의 지속을 뜻한다(this means recalling the past or continuing that retrospective)


* 지나다 : pass

* 지난 : 지나다 + -ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb past tense)

* 일 : a work; a thing

* -을 : a suffix makes 일 objective after a word ends s consonant

* 회상 : recollection; retrospection; reminiscence; reflection; recalling

* 회상하다 / 회상을 하다 : recollect; recall; call to mind; retrospect; remember; reflect on

* 사실 : the fact

* 회상 사실 : s short form of 회상하는 사실

* 회상하는 : 회상하다 + -는(a suffix makes a verb present tense)

* -의 : a suffix makes 회상 사실 possesive

* 지속 : continuation

* -을 : a suffix makes 지속 objective after a word ends a consonant

* 뜻 : meaning

* 뜻하다 : to mean

* 뜻한다 : present form of 뜻하다


2. -았던 / -었던 : past tense of -던


3. -시던 : an honourific form of -던


4. 예(examples)


1) 나의 살던 고향은 꽃 피는 산골 : My hometown where I lived is a blooming mountain


* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* -의 : a suffix makes 나 possesive after a word ends a vowel; this makes “I" into "my"

* 나의 : this can be replaced by 내가

* 내 : I (non-honourific word)

* -가 : a suffix makes 내 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a vowel

* 살다 : live

* 살던 : 살다 + -던(a suffix makes a verb past tense); this is equal to 살았던

* 살았던 : 살다 + -았(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -던(a suffix makes a verb past tense)

* 고향 : a hometown

* -은 : a suffix makes 고향 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 꽃 : flower

* -이 : a suffix makes 꽃 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a consonant; this omitted

* 피다 : to bloom; to blossom

* 피는 : 피다 + -는(a suffix makes a verb present tense)

* 산골 : [Pronunciation : 산꼴] a mountainous district; a secluded place <— 산(mountain) + 골(a valley; a village)

* 산골짜기 : [Pronunciation : 산꼴짜기] [=산골짝] a mountain valley; a gorge; a ravine; a glen


2) 한때 외국으로 수출하던 상품 : Goods once exported to foreign countries


* 한때 : once

* 외국 : foreign country, foreign land

* -(으)로 : to; toward

* 수출 : export

* 수출하다 : to export

* 수출하던 : 수출하다 + -던(a suffix makes a verb past tense)

* 상품 : (1) product; goods; merchandise; commodity (2) prize

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