Breakdown of hakgyo geuncheo-eneun hoengdanbodoga eobseoyo.
학교hakgyo
school
~는~neun
topic particle
~가~ga
subject particle
없다eobsda
to not have
Questions & Answers about hakgyo geuncheo-eneun hoengdanbodoga eobseoyo.
What does 학교 근처에는 mean, and what roles do 에 and 는 play?
학교 means “school,” 근처 means “vicinity” or “nearby.” The particle 에 marks the location (“at/near the school”), and 는 is the topic marker. Combined as 근처에는, it emphasizes “as for the area near the school…” and sets that location up as the topic of the sentence.
What exactly is 횡단보도?
횡단보도 means “crosswalk” or “zebra crossing.” It’s a Sino-Korean compound: 횡단 (横斷) means “crossing,” and 보도 (步道) means “pedestrian way.”
Why is 없어요 used here instead of 안 있어요?
Both mean “does not exist” or “there isn’t,” but 없다/없어요 is the standard verb for “not having” or “non-existence.” 안 있어요 is a negation of 있다 (“to exist”) and sounds more like “isn’t there,” but Koreans usually prefer 없어요 when stating absence in a neutral statement.
Who or what is the subject of this sentence?
There is no explicit subject in Korean when it’s obvious or general. Here it’s a general statement (“There is no crosswalk…”). In English we add “there,” but in Korean the existence verb stance (있다/없다) carries the meaning without naming a subject.