kkot saekkkari yeppeoyo.

The color of the flower is pretty.

Breakdown of kkot saekkkari yeppeoyo.

• ~이: subject particle
• 예쁘다: pretty
• 꽃: flower
• 색깔: color

Questions & Answers about kkot saekkkari yeppeoyo.

Why is there a space between 꽃 and 색깔? Can they be written together?

Both 꽃 색깔 and 꽃색깔 are acceptable. Modern Korean often separates noun–noun compounds for clarity, so you’ll frequently see a space. Writing them together isn’t wrong, but separating them can make each part more recognizable to learners.

What role does 꽃 play in this sentence? Why isn’t there a particle after 꽃?

Here 꽃 modifies 색깔 to form the noun phrase “flower color.” In Korean, when one noun directly modifies another (like “flower” modifying “color”), the first noun doesn’t take a case particle—it simply sits before the head noun.

Why is 색깔 followed by 이 instead of 가?

이/가 is the subject marker. You use 이 after nouns ending in a consonant and 가 after nouns ending in a vowel. Because 색깔 ends in the consonant ㄹ, it takes 이.

Why is the adjective 예뻐요 used here instead of the attributive form 예쁜?

예뻐요 is the predicate (the main verb/adjective) of the sentence, describing the subject 색깔. The attributive form 예쁜 is used before another noun (e.g., 예쁜 꽃 “a pretty flower”)—it doesn’t stand alone as the sentence’s predicate.