yeori nageodeun jibeseo swieo.

If you have a fever, stay home and rest.

Breakdown of yeori nageodeun jibeseo swieo.

• 집: home
• ~에서: location particle
• 쉬다: to rest
• 열이 나다: to have a fever

Questions & Answers about yeori nageodeun jibeseo swieo.

What does 열이 나다 mean literally?

Literally, 열 means heat/fever, and 나다 means to come out / to occur / to arise. So 열이 나다 is literally something like a fever comes up or heat occurs.

In natural English, it means to have a fever.

Also, 열이 uses the subject particle 이 because 열 is what is occurring.

Why is it 열이 나다 and not something like 열을 나다?

Because 나다 is an intransitive verb here. That means it describes something happening on its own, rather than something acting on an object.

So:

• 열이 나다 = a fever occurs / one gets a fever
• not 열을 나다

The particle 이/가 marks what appears or happens.

What does -거든 mean in this sentence?

Here, -거든 means if or if it happens that.

So 열이 나거든 집에서 쉬어 means:

• If you have a fever, rest at home.

This ending often gives a condition for the next clause, especially in spoken Korean. It can feel a little like:

• if