sinhoga bakkwigi jeone uhoejeonhaji ma.

subject particle

Breakdown of sinhoga bakkwigi jeone uhoejeonhaji ma.

• 바뀌다: to change
• ~기 전에: before
• ~지 마: negative imperative

Questions & Answers about sinhoga bakkwigi jeone uhoejeonhaji ma.

What does 신호 mean here?

Here, 신호 means traffic signal / traffic light.

By itself, 신호 can mean signal in a broader sense too, but because the sentence is about 우회전 (turning right), it is naturally understood as a traffic light.

Why is it 신호가, not 신호는 or 신호를?

가 is the subject marker. It shows that the signal is the thing that changes.

• 신호가 바뀌다 = the signal changes
• 신호를 바꾸다 = to change the signal

So in this sentence, the signal is not being acted on directly; it is the subject of 바뀌다.

You could sometimes hear 신호는 in a different context if the speaker wants to make the signal the topic, but 신호가 is the most straightforward choice here.

How does 바뀌기 전에 work?