사는

This is the 720th most frequent Korean word.


사는

"사는" means "living" or "buying," depending on context.


In this sentence, '사는' is the present tense of the verb '살다', meaning 'to live', and it describes the subject '나 (I)' as someone living in a certain location.

나는 이곳에서 사는 사람입니다.

I am a person living in this place.


Here, '사는' is the present tense form of '사다', meaning 'to buy', and is used to modify the noun '것 (thing)', indicating the act of buying.

책을 사는 것이 제 취미예요.

Buying books is my hobby.


Here, '사는' stems from the verb '살다' and is used as a nominalizer to denote the act of living as a subject of the sentence.

나는 사는 게 참 즐거워요.

Living is really enjoyable for me.