Word
회의 중에 실수로 휴대폰을 떨어뜨렸어요.hoeui junge silsuro hyudaeponeul tteoreotteuryeosseoyo.
Meaning
I accidentally dropped my phone during the meeting.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of hoeui junge silsuro hyudaeponeul tteoreotteuryeosseoyo.
~을~eul
object particle
휴대폰hyudaepon
cell phone
회의hoeui
meeting
~로~ro
instrumental particle
Questions & Answers about hoeui junge silsuro hyudaeponeul tteoreotteuryeosseoyo.
What does 회의 중에 mean?
회의 중에 means during the meeting.
- 회의 = meeting
- 중 = middle, while in the middle of
- 에 = a particle that helps mark the time/context
So 회의 중에 is a very common way to say in the middle of a meeting or during a meeting.
Why is 중에 used here instead of just 회의에?
Because 중에 specifically emphasizes that something happened while the meeting was going on.
Compare:
- 회의에 = at the meeting / in the meeting
- 회의 중에 = during the meeting / in the middle of the meeting
In this sentence, the speaker wants to say the phone was dropped during the course of the meeting, so 중에 is the natural choice.
What does 실수로 mean, and what is the role of -로?