dambaekkongchoneun ilban sseuregi madaee neohseupnida.

We put cigarette butts into a general-waste sack.

Breakdown of dambaekkongchoneun ilban sseuregi madaee neohseupnida.

• 넣다: to put
• 마대: the refuse sack
• 담배꽁초: the cigarette butt
• 일반 쓰레기: the general waste

Questions & Answers about dambaekkongchoneun ilban sseuregi madaee neohseupnida.

What does 담배꽁초 mean exactly?

담배꽁초 means cigarette butt or cigarette end.

• 담배 = cigarette / tobacco
• 꽁초 = the stub or butt left over after something has been smoked

So 담배꽁초 is the leftover end of a cigarette after smoking.

Why is the particle 는 used after 담배꽁초, instead of 를?

는 is the topic particle. It marks 담배꽁초 as the thing being talked about: as for cigarette butts...

So the sentence has the feeling of:

• As for cigarette butts, put them in the regular trash sack.

If you used 를, it would focus more directly on cigarette butts as the object of the verb:

• 담배꽁초를 일반 쓰레기 마대에 넣습니다.

That would also be grammatical, but 는 often sounds more natural in signs, instructions, or category-based statements, especially when telling you how to sort or dispose of something.

What does 일반 쓰레기 mean?

일반 쓰레기 means general trash or regular garbage.

• 일반 = general, ordinary, regular
• 쓰레기 = trash, garbage

In contexts like trash sorting, Korean often contrasts:

• 일반 쓰레기 = regular trash
• 재활용 = recycling
• 음식물 쓰레기 = food waste

So here it means cigarette butts should go with the non-recyclable, regular trash.