Breakdown of geu juchajangeneun jajeongeodo juchahal su isseoyo.
~는~neun
topic particle
있다issda
to be
~도~do
additive particle
~에~e
location particle
Questions & Answers about geu juchajangeneun jajeongeodo juchahal su isseoyo.
Why does the sentence use 그 주차장에는 instead of 그 주차장에?
-에는 is -에 (location particle) + 는 (topic marker). This turns “that parking lot” into the topic of the sentence and often carries a hint of contrast or emphasis (“as for that parking lot…”). If you said just 그 주차장에, you’d only be marking location, without the topical/contrast nuance.
What does 도 mean in 자전거도 주차할 수 있어요?
도 is the particle for “also” or “too.” So 자전거도 means “bicycles, too.” The sentence implies that in addition to cars (or other vehicles), you can also park bicycles there.
Why is there no object marker 를 after 자전거? Shouldn’t it be 자전거를 주차할 수 있어요?
In Korean, you can drop the object particle 를 when the object’s role is clear, especially in everyday speech. Here, 도 attaches directly to 자전거, and the listener understands it’s the object. If you want to be extra explicit, you could say 자전거를 주차할 수 있어요, but 자전거도 주차할 수 있어요 is perfectly natural. Note you wouldn’t say 자전거를도—the order is noun + 도.
How is 주차할 수 있어요 formed? What’s the grammar behind it?