achimmada keopireul masineun geosi seupgwanieyo.

Questions & Answers about achimmada keopireul masineun geosi seupgwanieyo.

What does 마다 mean in 아침마다, and is it the same as 매일 아침?

마다 is a particle meaning “every,” attaching directly to a noun.

  • 아침마다 = “every morning.”
    You can also say 매일 아침, literally “daily morning.” In most contexts they’re interchangeable, but:
  • 아침마다 emphasizes each individual morning as a repeated event.
  • 매일 아침 highlights the overall frequency (every day).
Why is the verb 마시다 written as 마시는 before 것이, and what's the role of 것 here?

Korean uses 것 to nominalize (turn into a noun) an action.

  • 마시다 (“to drink”) becomes 마시는 것 (“the act of drinking”) by:
    1. 마시
      • -는 (present attributive suffix) → 마시는
    2. Attach 것 → 마시는 것
      This noun phrase can then serve as the subject of 습관이다.
Why do we use 이 in 것이 instead of 가?

Korean has two subject markers: 이 (after a consonant) and 가 (after a vowel).

  • 것 ends in the consonant ㅅ, so it takes 이 → 것이.
    This marks 마시는 것 as the subject for the copula 이다.
What does 습관이에요 mean, and why is the polite ending -이에요 used here?
  • 습관 = habit
  • 이다 = the copula “to be” → 습관이다 = “to be a habit”
  • -이에요 is the polite, informal style (존댓말).
    You can adjust formality:
    • Formal: 습관입니다
    • Casual/familiar: 습관이야
Could we say 아침마다 커피를 마시는 게 습관이에요 or 아침마다 커피를 마시는 습관이 있어요? How do these compare?

1) 아침마다 커피를 마시는 게 습관이에요

  • 게 is a colloquial contraction of 것이.
  • Meaning is identical, just a bit more casual.
    2) 아침마다 커피를 마시는 습관이 있어요
  • Uses 습관이 있다 (“to have a habit of…”) instead of 습관이다.
  • Translates as “I have a habit of drinking coffee every morning.”
    Both are natural:
    • ~습관이에요 states the action itself is a habit.
    • ~습관이 있어요 says you possess that habit.
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