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고정석 뒤에 사물함과 복사기가 있어요.gojeongseok dwie samulhamgwa boksagiga isseoyo.
Meaning
There is a locker and a photocopier behind the dedicated desk.
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Breakdown of gojeongseok dwie samulhamgwa boksagiga isseoyo.
있다issda
to exist
뒤dwi
back / behind
사물함samulham
the locker
복사기boksagi
the photocopier
Questions & Answers about gojeongseok dwie samulhamgwa boksagiga isseoyo.
How is this sentence put together word by word?
A natural breakdown is:
- 고정석 = a fixed seat / assigned desk
- 뒤에 = behind, at the back of
- 사물함 = locker
- 과 = and
- 복사기 = copier / copy machine
- 가 = subject marker
- 있어요 = there is / there are
So the basic Korean pattern is:
[location]에 [thing]이/가 있어요
= There is/are [thing] at/in/on [location]
In this sentence, the location comes first, and the things that exist there come after.
What does 뒤에 mean exactly, and why is there an 에?
뒤 means back or behind.
When you add 에, it marks the location, so 뒤에 means behind or at the back of.
In Korean, existence sentences usually mark the place with 에:
- 책상 위에 책이 있어요. = There is a book on the desk.
- 문 앞에 사람이 있어요. = There is a person in front of the door.
So 고정석 뒤에 means behind the assigned desk/seat.
Why does Korean put 고정석 뒤에 first instead of saying the objects first?