No. 720 in Korean
사는
"사는" means "living" or "buying," depending on context.
In a sentence
나는 이곳에서 사는 사람입니다.
I am a person living in this place.
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.
책을 사는 것이 제 취미예요.
Buying books is my hobby.
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.
나는 사는 게 참 즐거워요.
Living is really enjoyable for me.
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.
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