Word
머리카락이 길어서 아침마다 드라이어를 쓰고 빗으로 천천히 빗어요.meorikaragi gireoseo achimmada deuraieoreul sseugo biseuro cheoncheonhi biseoyo.
Meaning
My hair is long, so every morning I use a hair dryer and comb it slowly with a comb.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of meorikaragi gireoseo achimmada deuraieoreul sseugo biseuro cheoncheonhi biseoyo.
~이~i
subject particle
~를~reul
object particle
쓰다sseuda
to use
~으로~euro
instrumental particle
Questions & Answers about meorikaragi gireoseo achimmada deuraieoreul sseugo biseuro cheoncheonhi biseoyo.
Why does the sentence use 머리카락 instead of 머리?
머리카락 specifically means hair or strands of hair, while 머리 usually means head.
So:
- 머리카락이 길어요 = My hair is long
- 머리가 커요 = My head is big
In Korean, both 머리 and 머리카락 can sometimes be used when talking about hair, but 머리카락 is more precise here because the sentence is about the hair itself being long.
Why is the particle 이 used in 머리카락이 길어서?
The 이/가 particle marks the subject.
Here, 머리카락이 길어서 means because my hair is long or my hair being long, ...
So the structure is:
- 머리카락이 = hair
- 길어서 = because it is long / being long, ...
Korean often uses 이/가 with adjectives like 길다 when describing what something is like:
- 머리카락이 길어요 = The hair is long
- 눈이 커요 = The eyes are big
- 날씨가 좋아요 = The weather is good
What does 길어서 mean exactly?