seorap ane issneun yageul kkeonae juseyo.

Please take out the medicine from the drawer.

Breakdown of seorap ane issneun yageul kkeonae juseyo.

• ~을: object particle
• 있다: to exist
• 약: medicine
• 서랍: drawer

Questions & Answers about seorap ane issneun yageul kkeonae juseyo.

Why is 있는 placed before 약?

In Korean, a clause can directly modify a noun by placing the verb before that noun.

So 서랍 안에 있는 약 literally means:

• the medicine [that is] in the drawer

Here:

• 있다 = to exist / to be located
• 있는 = the form of 있다 used to describe a noun
• 약 = medicine

So 있는 is describing which medicine you mean.

What does 서랍 안에 mean, and why is 안에 used instead of just 서랍에?

서랍 안에 means inside the drawer.

Breakdown:

• 서랍 = drawer
• 안 = inside
• 에 = location marker

So:

• 서랍에 = at/in the drawer
• 서랍 안에 = inside the drawer

Using 안에 is more specific. It clearly says the medicine is inside the drawer, not just associated with it somehow.

What is the role of 에 in 서랍 안에?

에 marks the location where something exists or is located.

Since the sentence includes 있는 from , which expresses existence/location, is the natural particle here.