Breakdown of naeil hoeuiga isseoseo iljjik jayagessda.
Questions & Answers about naeil hoeuiga isseoseo iljjik jayagessda.
Here, -아서 / -어서 connects two clauses and means something like because or so.
- 내일 회의가 있어서 = because there is a meeting tomorrow
- 일찍 자야겠다 = I should go to bed early
So in this sentence, 있어서 gives the reason for the speaker’s decision.
A useful comparison:
- 비가 와서 집에 있었어요. = Because it rained, I stayed home.
- 시험이 있어서 공부해요. = I’m studying because I have an exam.
In this sentence, 있다 does not mean to exist in a very abstract sense; it means to have / there is in the sense that a meeting is scheduled.