teukhi oneureun mogi neomu mallaseo mureul deo gajyeoolge.

subject particle

Breakdown of teukhi oneureun mogi neomu mallaseo mureul deo gajyeoolge.

• ~을: object particle
• 물: water
• ~은: topic particle

Questions & Answers about teukhi oneureun mogi neomu mallaseo mureul deo gajyeoolge.

What does the adverb 특히 mean, and is its position okay?

• 특히 means “especially/particularly.”
• Positioning is flexible:
  • 특히 오늘은 … highlights the day: “Especially today…”
  • 오늘은 특히 … highlights how today is special with respect to what follows: “Today, especially, …”
• Both are natural; the nuance difference is slight. Your sentence’s 특히 오늘은 is fine.

Why is it 오늘은 and not 오늘 or 오늘이?

• 오늘 often works without a particle as a time adverb: e.g., 오늘 목이 말라요.
• 오늘은 uses the topic particle -는, giving a contrastive feel: “As for today (compared to other days)…”
• 오늘이 marks “today” as the subject, which doesn’t fit here because “today” isn’t what’s thirsty.

Why is it 목이 (subject marker) instead of 저는 or 목은?

• 목이 마르다 is an idiomatic pattern: “the throat is dry,” meaning “I’m thirsty.”
• You can add yourself as a topic: 저는 목이 말라요 (literally “as for me, the throat is dry”).
• 목은 would sound contrastive (“the throat is dry, but…”), so 목이 is the default.
• In casual speech, the subject marker can drop: 목 말라요; and the lexicalized form 목마르다 exists (see next Q).

Isn’t 목 “neck”? Why use it for “thirsty”? Are there other ways to say “thirsty”?