gichayeogi gakkaunikka taeksireul bureul piryoga eobsgesseoyo.

subject particle

Breakdown of gichayeogi gakkaunikka taeksireul bureul piryoga eobsgesseoyo.

• ~를: object particle
• ~가: subject particle
• 없다: to not have

Questions & Answers about gichayeogi gakkaunikka taeksireul bureul piryoga eobsgesseoyo.

Why is it 가까우니까 and not 가깝으니까?

This is because 가깝다 is a ㅂ-irregular adjective.

When a ㅂ-irregular stem is followed by a suffix that starts with a vowel, the ㅂ changes to 우.

So:

• 가깝다 → stem: 가깝-
• -으니까 attaches
• ㅂ changes to 우
• 가까우니까

This is the same pattern as:

• 덥다 → 더우니까
• 춥다 → 추우니까
• 어렵다 → 어려우니까

So 가까우니까 is the correct natural form.

What does -(으)니까 mean here?

-(으)니까 means something like because, since, or as.

In this sentence, it gives the reason for the second part:

• 기차역이 가까우니까 = because the train station is close
• 택시를 부를 필요가 없겠어요 = there probably won’t be any need to call a taxi

So the whole sentence expresses a reason-and-result relationship.

A learner may compare it with -아/어서, which can also mean because. In many situations they are similar, but -(으)니까 often sounds a little more like the speaker is presenting a reason for a judgment, suggestion, or conclusion.

Why does 기차역 take 이?