Word
동생이 아침마다 공원에서 조깅해요.dongsaengi achimmada gongwoneseo joginghaeyo.
Meaning
My younger sibling jogs in the park every morning.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of dongsaengi achimmada gongwoneseo joginghaeyo.
~이~i
subject particle
~에서~eseo
location particle
공원gongwon
park
아침achim
morning
Questions & Answers about dongsaengi achimmada gongwoneseo joginghaeyo.
What does 동생 mean exactly? Does it mean a brother or a sister?
동생 means younger sibling. It can mean either younger brother or younger sister.
Korean often does not specify gender unless it is important. So from 동생이 아침마다 공원에서 조깅해요, you only know that the speaker is talking about their younger sibling, not whether that sibling is male or female.
If needed, Korean can be more specific:
- 남동생 = younger brother
- 여동생 = younger sister
Why is 이 used after 동생?
이 is the subject marker here.
- 동생이 = the younger sibling as the subject of the sentence
In this sentence, 동생이 tells you who is doing the jogging.
Korean subject markers come in two forms:
- 이 after a noun ending in a consonant
- 가 after a noun ending in a vowel
Since 동생 ends in ㅇ, which counts as a consonant, it takes 이.
What does 아침마다 mean, and how is it different from just 아침에?