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1월과 2월은 겨울이어서 날씨가 추워요.1wolgwa 2woreun gyeourieoseo nalssiga chuwoyo.
Meaning
January and February are winter months, so the weather is cold.
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Breakdown of 1wolgwa 2woreun gyeourieoseo nalssiga chuwoyo.
이다ida
to be
~가~ga
subject particle
~은~eun
topic particle
날씨nalssi
weather
Questions & Answers about 1wolgwa 2woreun gyeourieoseo nalssiga chuwoyo.
How do you pronounce 1월 and 2월, and why is 과 used between them?
What role does 은 play in 1월과 2월은?
은 is the topic marker. By saying 1월과 2월은, you are signaling that the sentence is about January and February in general—sort of like starting “As for January and February…”
What does 겨울이어서 mean in this sentence?
It combines 겨울이다 (to be winter) with the connective ending -어서 (indicating cause). Together 겨울이어서 means Because it is winter or Since it’s winter.
I’ve also seen 겨울이라서 used. Are both forms correct?
Yes. Both 겨울이어서 and 겨울이라서 come from 이다 + -아서/어서 and mean the same thing (“because/since it’s winter”). -이라서 is more common in spoken Korean, but -이어서 is perfectly acceptable.
Why is 날씨가 marked with 가 instead of 는?