i gireun anjeonhaeyo.

This road is safe.

Breakdown of i gireun anjeonhaeyo.

• 이: this
• ~은: topic particle
• 길: road
• 안전하다: safe

Questions & Answers about i gireun anjeonhaeyo.

What does each part of 이 길은 안전해요 mean?

Breakdown of the sentence:

• 이: “this” (demonstrative determiner)
• 길: “road,” “street,” or “path”
• 은: topic particle (marks 이 길 as the topic of the sentence)
• 안전해요: polite present-tense form of the adjective 안전하다 (“to be safe”)

So literally: “As for this road, (it) is safe.”

What is the function of 은 in 이 길은?

• 은 is the topic marker.
• It tells the listener, “I’m talking about this road (이 길).”
• It sets the frame for the comment that follows (안전해요).
• Contrast with the subject marker 이/가, which would simply introduce a new subject without emphasizing it as the topic.

What kind of word is 안전해요, and how is it formed?

• 안전해요 is the polite present-tense form of the descriptive verb (adjective) 안전하다.
• Formation steps:
  1. Start with the dictionary form 안전하다.
  2. Drop -다 → 안전하-.
  3. Change 하 to 해 (irregular 하-conjugation).
  4. Add -요 for polite speech → 안전해요.