geu sungan yuri jogageul chajassseupnida.

At that moment, I found a shard of glass.

Breakdown of geu sungan yuri jogageul chajassseupnida.

• 찾다: to find
• 그: that
• 유리 조각: the shard of glass
• 순간: a moment; an instant

Questions & Answers about geu sungan yuri jogageul chajassseupnida.

Why is there no subject in this sentence?

Korean often leaves out the subject when it is already clear from context.

So 그 순간 유리 조각을 찾았습니다 could mean:

• I found a piece of glass at that moment
• He/She found a piece of glass at that moment
• They found glass fragments at that moment

The sentence is still natural without 저는, 제가, 그는, and so on. Korean does this much more often than English.

What does 그 순간 mean exactly?

그 순간 means that moment or at that moment.

• 그 = that
• 순간 = moment, instant

In Korean, time expressions often appear without a particle, so 그 순간 by itself can mean at that moment.

Why is there no particle after 그 순간? Can I say 그 순간에?

Yes, you can say 그 순간에.

Both are possible:

• 그 순간
• 그 순간에

The version without 에 is very common and natural. Korean often drops particles after time expressions when the meaning is already clear.

Very roughly:

• 그 순간 = natural, concise
• 그 순간에 = a little more explicit or slightly more emphatic

What is 유리 조각 literally?