joyeoni mudaeeseo hwanan cheokhaesseo.

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Breakdown of joyeoni mudaeeseo hwanan cheokhaesseo.

• 무대: the stage
• 조연: the supporting actor or role
• ~(으)ㄴ/는 척하다: to pretend to do or be something

Questions & Answers about joyeoni mudaeeseo hwanan cheokhaesseo.

Is 조연 a person’s name here, or does it mean supporting actor / supporting role?

It can be either.

Korean does not use capitalization to distinguish names from common nouns, so 조연이 could mean:

• Jo-yeon
  • subject marker 이
• the supporting actor / the supporting role
  • subject marker 이

You need context, or the translation already given to you, to know which one is meant.

Why is the subject marker 이 used after 조연?

이/가 marks the subject of the sentence.

Here, 조연 ends in a consonant, so the subject marker is 이 rather than 가.

• consonant-ending noun + 이
• vowel-ending noun + 가

So:

• 조연이
• but, for example, 배우가

Using 이/가 gives a fairly neutral subject-marking feel. If the sentence had 조연은, that would add a topic or contrast nuance.

Why is it 무대에서 and not 무대에?