maneul naemsaega ganghaeseo changmuneul yeoreo nwasseo.

object particle

Breakdown of maneul naemsaega ganghaeseo changmuneul yeoreo nwasseo.

• ~가: subject particle
• 창문: window
• ~해서: so

Questions & Answers about maneul naemsaega ganghaeseo changmuneul yeoreo nwasseo.

Why is it 마늘 냄새 and not 마늘의 냄새?

Korean often puts two nouns together directly, so 마늘 냄새 means garlic smell or the smell of garlic.

• 마늘 = garlic
• 냄새 = smell

You can say 마늘의 냄새, but it sounds more explicit or literary. In everyday Korean, 마늘 냄새 is much more natural.

Why does 냄새 take 가 in 냄새가 강해서?

Because 강하다 works like to be strong, so the thing that is strong is marked as the subject.

Here, the sentence is not saying something does the smell. It is saying:

• 냄새가 강하다 = the smell is strong

So 냄새 takes the subject marker 가.

This is very common with descriptive verbs/adjectives in Korean:

• 날씨가 좋다 = the weather is good
• 소리가 크다 = the sound is loud
• 냄새가 강하다 = the smell is strong

How is 강해서 formed, and what does it do here?