sae ieoponeul sassneunde soriga isanghage deullyeo.

object particle

Breakdown of sae ieoponeul sassneunde soriga isanghage deullyeo.

• 사다: to buy
• ~가: subject particle
• 새: new

Questions & Answers about sae ieoponeul sassneunde soriga isanghage deullyeo.

Why is 새 used here instead of 새로운?

새 is the short prenoun form meaning new when it comes directly before a noun.

• 새 이어폰 = new earphones
• 새 책 = a new book
• 새 집 = a new house

새로운 can also mean new, but it often sounds a little more descriptive or formal, and it is based on the adjective 새롭다 (to be new/novel).

So in everyday speech, 새 이어폰 is the most natural way to say new earphones.

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Why does the sentence have both 이어폰을 and 소리가?

Because the two parts of the sentence are doing different jobs.

• 새 이어폰을 샀는데 = I bought new earphones, but/as for that...
  • 이어폰을 uses 을, the object marker, because earphones are what was bought.
• 소리가 이상하게 들려 = the sound sounds strange
  • 소리가 uses 가, the subject marker, because sound is what is being described as strange.

So the sentence structure is roughly:

• [I bought new earphones]
• [the sound sounds strange]

This is very natural in Korean. One clause has one subject/object setup, and the next clause has another.

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