Breakdown of heoriga an apeudorok han siganmada ireonaseo seuteurechinghae.
~가~ga
subject particle
~마다~mada
distributive particle
안an
not
~서~seo
and then
Questions & Answers about heoriga an apeudorok han siganmada ireonaseo seuteurechinghae.
What does 허리 mean here? Is it waist or back?
허리 can mean waist or lower back, depending on context.
In this sentence, it most naturally means lower back. Since the sentence is about getting up and stretching every hour, the idea is that sitting too long can make your lower back hurt.
So although a dictionary may list waist, the natural English meaning here is closer to back or lower back.
Why is it 허리가 and not 허리를?
Because 아프다 describes the body part that hurts, and that body part is usually marked as the subject in Korean.
So Korean commonly says:
- 허리가 아프다 = My back hurts
- 머리가 아프다 = My head hurts
- 배가 아프다 = My stomach hurts
Even though English uses my back like the thing experiencing pain, Korean treats it as the subject of 아프다, so 가/이 is natural.
What does 안 아프도록 mean exactly?