usani eobseoseo osi jeojeosseoyo.

I didn’t have an umbrella, so my clothes got wet.

Breakdown of usani eobseoseo osi jeojeosseoyo.

• ~이: subject particle
• 없다: to not have
• 우산: umbrella
• ~어서: so

Questions & Answers about usani eobseoseo osi jeojeosseoyo.

What is the sentence broken down word by word?

• 우산이 = umbrella
  • subject marker 이
• 없어서 = because there wasn’t / because (someone) didn’t have
• 옷이 = clothes / clothing
  • subject marker 이
• 젖었어요 = got wet in polite past form

So the whole sentence means something like:

• Because there was no umbrella, the clothes got wet
• or more naturally in English, I didn’t have an umbrella, so my clothes got wet

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Why is it 우산이 없어서 and not 우산을 없어서?

With 있다 and 없다, Korean usually marks the thing that exists or does not exist with 이/가, not 을/를.

So:

• 우산이 있다 = There is an umbrella / I have an umbrella
• 우산이 없다 = There is no umbrella / I don’t have an umbrella

Even when English uses have, Korean often expresses it more like an umbrella exists / doesn’t exist relative to someone.

That is why 우산이 없어서 is correct.

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Does 우산이 없다 literally mean there is no umbrella, or can it mean ?