Let's learn about "-았던/었던"

-았던 / -었던 / -던 : recalling past event

[exampes]

- 나의 살던 고향은 꽃 피던 산골 : My hometown is the mountain where flowers bloomed

- 내가 한국에 갔다왔던 추억이 생생하게 아주 좋게 남아 있는데, 또 한국에 가고 싶다 : The memories of my visit to Korea remain vividly and very good, and I want to go to Korea again

[explanations]

* 나 : I (nonhonourific word)

* -의 : a particle makes 나 possesivr

* 나의 : my

* 살다 : live

* 살던 = 살았던 : 살(the stem of 살다) + -던/-았던(recalling past event)

* 고향 : home town

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

* 꽃 : flower

* 피다 : blossom

* 꽃피다 : [Pronunciation: 꼳피다] effloresce, flower, blossom

* 꽃피는 : 꽃피(the stem of 꽃피다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb attributive)

* 산 : mountain

* 골 : (1) [=골짜기] valley (2) [=마을] village; rural community

* 내 : I (non-honourific word)

* -가 : a particle makes 내 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; -가 is used to emphaize 내 instead of -는

* 한국 : Korea

* -에 : a place particle means "at/in/on"

* 가다 : go

* 갔다 : past tense of 가다 by '-았-'

* 오다 : come

* 왔다 : past tense of 오다 by '-았-'

* 갔다 오다 : go and return

* 왔던 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -았던(recalling past event)

* 추억 : remembrance; recollection; retrospection; memory; reminiscence

* -이 : a particle makes 추억 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 생생 = 생생한 : lively; fresh; full of life; vivid; bright

* 생생하다 : be lively; be fresh; be full of life; be vivid; be bright

* 생생하게 : an adverb form of 생생하다 by '-게'

* 아주 : very

* 좋은 : good

* 좋다 : be good

* 좋게 : an adverb form of 좋은 by '-게'

* 남다 : remain

* 남아 : 남(the stem of 남다) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 있다 : be; exist

* -아/-어 있다 : be ...ing

* 또 : (1) besides; also; too (2) again

* 한국 : Korea

* -에 : a place particle means "to"

* 가다 : go

* 가고 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -고(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 싶다 : want; hope

* -고 싶다 : want to do