uisaga jeungsangeul deutdeoni yeori jogeum issdago haesseo.

subject particle

Breakdown of uisaga jeungsangeul deutdeoni yeori jogeum issdago haesseo.

• ~을: object particle
• ~가: subject particle
• 듣다: to listen

Questions & Answers about uisaga jeungsangeul deutdeoni yeori jogeum issdago haesseo.

Why is it 의사가 and not 의사는?

의사가 uses the subject marker -가, which simply identifies the doctor as the subject of the sentence.

If you said 의사는, that would add more of a topic/contrast feeling, like:

• As for the doctor, after listening to the symptoms, he said...

In this sentence, 의사가 sounds natural because the speaker is just reporting what happened, without emphasizing contrast.

Why is it 증상을? What does -을 mark here?

증상 means symptoms, and -을 is the object marker.

So 증상을 듣다 literally means to listen to the symptoms. In more natural English, that usually becomes something like:

• listen to the patient's symptoms
• hear about the symptoms

Korean often uses 듣다 with things like explanations, stories, worries, symptoms, etc.

What does 듣더니 mean exactly?

듣더니 comes from 듣다 + -더니.

Here, -더니 connects two actions and often means:

• after doing/seeing X, then...
• when/after X happened, Y followed

So 증상을 듣더니 means:

• after listening to the symptoms
• once he heard the symptoms, ...

In this sentence, it shows that the doctor's statement came after hearing the symptoms.