가던

In a sentence

• 그는 늘 조용히 집으로 가던 사람이었다.

  He was always a person who quietly went home.

  The word '가던' here describes the habitual action of the subject returning home, emphasizing a repeated, characteristic behavior observed in the past.

• 저기 가던 길을 멈추고 나를 보고 있었다.

  Over there, he stopped his walking path and was looking at me.

  In this sentence, '가던' is used to represent the ongoing action of walking that was interrupted, highlighting the continuity of the action before it stopped.

• 가던 곳이 맞는지 확인해 봐야 한다.

  I need to check if the place where I was going is correct.

  Here, '가던' refers to a destination that had been headed towards, expressing the idea of a past course of action leading to a location.