semyeondae araee muri isseoseo sudokkokjireul jamkkan manjyeossneunde neomu chagawosseo.

subject particle

Breakdown of semyeondae araee muri isseoseo sudokkokjireul jamkkan manjyeossneunde neomu chagawosseo.

• 물: water
• ~를: object particle
• 있다: to exist

Questions & Answers about semyeondae araee muri isseoseo sudokkokjireul jamkkan manjyeossneunde neomu chagawosseo.

Why does 있어서 appear in the first part of the sentence?

있어서 is 있다 + -어서.

Here, -아서/어서 connects two clauses and often gives a reason or background. So 물이 있어서 means something like:

• because there was water
• since there was water
• there being water

In this sentence, it explains why the speaker touched the faucet.

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Why is it 세면대 아래에 with 에?

에 marks a location when something exists or is located somewhere.

So:

• 세면대 = sink / washbasin
• 아래 = below / under
• 세면대 아래에 = under the sink

Because the sentence says water was there, 에 is the natural particle:

• 세면대 아래에 물이 있어 = There is water under the sink.

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Why is it 물이 있어서 and not 물을 있어서?

Because 물 is the thing that exists, so it takes the subject marker 이/가, not the object marker 을/를.

With 있다, the thing that exists is usually marked with 이/가:

• 물이 있다 = water exists / there is water
• 책이 있다 = there is a book

Using 물을 있다 would be incorrect here.

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What exactly does mean?