chaeksang moseorie pareul budithyeoseo jogeum apasseoyo.

object particle

Breakdown of chaeksang moseorie pareul budithyeoseo jogeum apasseoyo.

• ~에: location particle
• 책상: desk
• 조금: a little

Questions & Answers about chaeksang moseorie pareul budithyeoseo jogeum apasseoyo.

What is the overall structure of this sentence?

It breaks down like this:

• 책상 = desk
• 모서리에 = on/against the corner or edge
• 팔을 = arm + object marker
• 부딪혀서 = having hit / because [I] hit
• 조금 = a little
• 아팠어요 = it hurt / I was in a little pain

So the sentence structure is basically:

[place/object hit] + [body part] + [hit/bang against] + so/because + [it hurt a little]

A natural English rendering is:

I banged my arm against the corner of the desk, so it hurt a little.

Why is 모서리 followed by 에?

에 marks the place or target that something comes into contact with.

In this sentence, 책상 모서리에 means:

• at the desk corner
• more naturally in English, against the corner of the desk

With verbs like 부딪히다, Korean often uses 에 for the thing you bump into.

Examples:

• 벽에 머리를 부딪혔어요. = I hit my head against the wall.
• 문에 손을 부딪혔어요. = I banged my hand on the door.

So 에 here is not just simple location; it marks the surface/object that was hit.

Why is 팔 marked with 을?