gabangeul ilheobeorin sarami bulssanghaessseupnida.

I felt sorry for the person who lost their bag.

Breakdown of gabangeul ilheobeorin sarami bulssanghaessseupnida.

• 사람: person
• 가방: bag
• 잃어버리다: to lose
• 불쌍하다: pitiful; deserving sympathy

Questions & Answers about gabangeul ilheobeorin sarami bulssanghaessseupnida.

How is this sentence put together?

It breaks down like this:

• 가방을 = bag
  • object marker 을
• 잃어버린 = lost / having lost
• 사람이 = person
  • subject marker 이
• 불쌍했습니다 = was pitiful / I felt sorry for them

So the structure is:

[bag lost] person + was pitiable

More naturally in English, this is:

The person who lost the bag was pitiful
or more naturally,
I felt sorry for the person who lost the bag.

Why is 잃어버린 in front of 사람?

Because in Korean, verbs can directly modify nouns.

So:

• 잃어버린 사람 = the person who lost it
• literally, lost person

This is similar to English the person who lost the bag, except Korean puts the modifying part before the noun.

A good way to see it is:

• 가방을 잃어버린 사람 = the person who lost the bag

What exactly does 잃어버린 mean here?