Questions & Answers about i chimaneun sae sinbarirang jal eoullyeoyo.
What does 이 mean in 이 치마는?
이 means this. It comes before a noun, so 이 치마 means this skirt.
It is part of the set:
- 이 = this
- 그 = that
- 저 = that over there
So 이 치마는 starts with as for this skirt...
What does -는 in 치마는 do?
-는 is the topic marker. It marks 치마 as the thing the sentence is talking about.
So 이 치마는 새 신발이랑 잘 어울려요 has the feeling of: As for this skirt, it goes well with the new shoes.
It is not exactly the same as the subject marker -이/가. -는 often gives a topic or slight contrast nuance.
Why is it 새 신발 and not 새로운 신발?
새 is a very common word meaning new when it comes directly before a noun, especially for everyday concrete things like clothes, shoes, bags, phones, and so on.
So 새 신발 is the natural way to say new shoes here.
새로운 also means new, but it often sounds more like new in a fresh/novel sense, and it is more common with things like: