Breakdown of hacheon geuncheoui sseuregireul sugeohaessseupnida.
근처geuncheo
vicinity
쓰레기sseuregi
trash
하천hacheon
the stream
수거하다sugeohada
to collect waste
Questions & Answers about hacheon geuncheoui sseuregireul sugeohaessseupnida.
Why is it 근처의 쓰레기 and not 근처에 쓰레기 here?
Because 근처의 is being used to describe the noun 쓰레기.
- 하천 근처의 쓰레기 = the trash near the stream = literally, the stream-nearby trash
Here, 의 turns 하천 근처 into a noun-modifying phrase.
If you say 근처에, that usually marks a location for the whole action:
- 하천 근처에 쓰레기가 있습니다. = There is trash near the stream.
- 하천 근처에서 쓰레기를 수거했습니다. = We collected trash near the stream.
So:
- 근처의 = modifies trash
- 근처에 / 근처에서 = marks where something exists or happens
What exactly does 의 do in 근처의?