seutaendingseogeun maejinijiman jijeongseogeun ajik isseo.

The standing section is sold out, but reserved seats are still available.

Breakdown of seutaendingseogeun maejinijiman jijeongseogeun ajik isseo.

• 있다: to exist
• 아직: still
• 매진: sold out (tickets or seats)
• 지정석: the reserved seat

Questions & Answers about seutaendingseogeun maejinijiman jijeongseogeun ajik isseo.

Why are there 은/는 particles on both 스탠딩석 and 지정석?

은/는 is being used here to mark each noun as a topic and to create a contrast.

So the sentence is setting up a comparison:

• 스탠딩석은 = as for standing tickets/seats
• 지정석은 = as for reserved seats

This gives the feeling of:

• Standing tickets are sold out, but reserved seats are still available.

Using 은/는 twice is very common when contrasting two things. It is similar to saying as for A..., but as for B... in English.

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What does 매진이지만 mean grammatically?

매진이지만 breaks down like this:

• 매진 = sold out
• 이다 = to be
• -지만 = but / although

So:

• 매진이다 = to be sold out
• 매진이지만 = it is sold out, but...

Because 매진 is a noun, it combines with 이다, and then -지만 attaches to that.

A similar pattern would be:

• 학생이지만 = although he/she is a student
• 문제지만 = although it is a problem

Here, 매진이지만 connects the first clause to the second clause with contrast.

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Why is it 있어 and not 있어요 or 있습니다?