jeonghwa hwaldongui gyeolgwaga daedanhaessseupnida.

The result of the clean-up activity was remarkable.

Breakdown of jeonghwa hwaldongui gyeolgwaga daedanhaessseupnida.

• 결과: result
• 정화 활동: the environmental clean-up activity
• 대단하다: impressive; remarkable

Questions & Answers about jeonghwa hwaldongui gyeolgwaga daedanhaessseupnida.

What is the basic structure of this sentence?

A very literal breakdown is:

• 정화 활동의 = of the cleanup/purification activity
• 결과가 = the result(s)
  • subject marker
• 대단했습니다 = was/were impressive / great / remarkable

So the sentence structure is basically:

[Noun phrase] + [subject] + [description]

More literally: As for the results of the cleanup activity, they were remarkable.

A natural English translation would often be: The results of the cleanup activity were impressive.

What does 의 mean in 정화 활동의 결과?

의 usually shows a relationship similar to of or 's in English.

So:

• 정화 활동 = cleanup activity / purification activity
• 정화 활동의 결과 = the result(s) of the cleanup activity

You can think of it as linking two nouns:

• A의 B = B of A / A's B

Here, 결과 belongs to or comes from 정화 활동, so 의 is used.

Why is it 결과가 and not 결과는?