Breakdown of sinaee gagega baekpalsip gae isseoyo.
가게gage
store
~가~ga
subject particle
~에~e
location particle
있다issda
to exist
Questions & Answers about sinaee gagega baekpalsip gae isseoyo.
What does 시내에 mean and why is -에 used here?
시내 means “downtown” or “city center.” The particle -에 marks a location where something exists or happens, so 시내에 means “in downtown” or “in the city center.”
Why is 가게가 marked with -가 instead of -은/는?
In sentences with 있다 (“to exist”), the thing that exists takes the subject marker -이/가, because you’re presenting new information (there are shops). If you used -은/는, you’d be making a contrast or talking about a known topic.
What role does 있어요 play in this sentence?
있어요 is the polite present-tense form of 있다, meaning “to exist” or “to have.” Here it translates as “there are.”
Why is the number written as 백팔십 and not 하나백여섯십 or something else?
Korean uses Sino-Korean numbers for counting many objects. 백 is 100, 팔십 is 80, so 백팔십 is 180. Native Korean numbers (하나, 둘, 셋…) are used mostly for counting people, hours, or ages in informal speech.
What is the function of 개 after 백팔십?