oneul hoesik jarie anjeul jari isseo?

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Breakdown of oneul hoesik jarie anjeul jari isseo?

• ~에: location particle
• 앉다: to sit
• 있다: to exist

Questions & Answers about oneul hoesik jarie anjeul jari isseo?

Why does the sentence use the word 자리 twice? Aren’t they the same thing?

They’re different senses of the same noun:

• 회식 자리 = the occasion/setting of the company dinner (자리 = occasion/setting).
• 앉을 자리 = a seat/spot to sit (자리 = physical seat/space). So the sentence literally asks: “At the company-dinner occasion, is there a seat to sit in?”

Why is the particle 에 used after 회식 자리 and not 에서?

• 에 marks the location of existence with 있다/없다. Since the verb is 있어, we use 에: 회식 자리에 … 있어?
• 에서 marks where an action happens. You’d use it with action verbs (먹다, 마시다, 이야기하다).
• With 앉다:
  • Seat itself: 의자에 앉다 (sit on the chair)
  • Broader place: 식당에서 앉아 있다 (be sitting in the restaurant)

What is 앉을 grammatically?

It’s the future/potential adnominal form -(으)ㄹ modifying a noun: 앉을 자리 = “a seat to sit (in)” / “a sit-able seat.” This form often expresses purpose/possibility, like:

• 마실 물 (water to drink)
• 읽을 책 (a book to read)
• 갈 사람 (a person who will go)

Could I say 앉는 자리 instead of 앉을 자리?