To survive in Korean 🇰🇷

살아남았어요 info.

Tips to Remember the Korean Word:
• Break it down into two parts: 살아 (sal-a) means “live” or “alive” and 남다 (namda) means “remain.” Together they suggest “remain alive,” which is the essence of surviving.
• Associate “살아남았어요” with the English “survived” by visualizing someone who has managed to stay alive despite challenges.

Explanations:
• 살아남았어요 is the past polite form of the verb 살아남다 (“to survive”).
• It indicates that someone or something survived a situation in the past.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
• 생존했어요 (saengjonhaesseoyo) – also means “survived,” coming from the verb 생존하다.
• 견뎠어요 (gyeondyeosseoyo) – means “endured” or “withstood,” which can sometimes be used in contexts similar to surviving.

Conjugations of 살아남다:
Infinitive: 살아남다 (sal-a-namda) – to survive

Present Tense:
• Informal Polite: 살아남아요 (sal-a-namayo) – “survives”/“is surviving”
• Formal: 살아남습니다 (sal-a-namseumnida)

Past Tense:
• Informal Polite: 살아남았어요 (sal-a-namasseoyo) – “survived”
• Formal: 살아남았습니다 (sal-a-namasseumnida)

Future Tense:
• Informal Polite: 살아남을 거예요 (sal-a-namul geoyeyo) – “will survive”
• Formal: 살아남을 것입니다 (sal-a-namul geosimnida)

Example Sentences:
1. After the accident, he survived.
• 사고 후에 그는 살아남았어요.
• (Sago hue geuneun sal-a-namasseoyo.)

2. Despite the harsh conditions, many people survived.
• 혹독한 조건에도 많은 사람들이 살아남았어요.
• (Hokdokhan jo-geon-edo manheun saramdeuri sal-a-namasseoyo.)

3. The plant survived through the winter.
• 그 식물은 겨울을 살아남았어요.
• (Geu sikmul-eun gyeoul-eul sal-a-namasseoyo.)

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