taeksi gisanimi sinhoreul nohchyeoseo da-eum gireseo uhoejeonhaesseoyo.

subject particle

Breakdown of taeksi gisanimi sinhoreul nohchyeoseo da-eum gireseo uhoejeonhaesseoyo.

• ~에서: location particle
• ~를: object particle
• 다음: next

Questions & Answers about taeksi gisanimi sinhoreul nohchyeoseo da-eum gireseo uhoejeonhaesseoyo.

What does 기사님 mean, and why is 님 attached?

기사 means driver (or sometimes engineer/article writer in other contexts), but in 택시 기사님, it clearly means taxi driver.

The ending -님 is an honorific suffix. It adds politeness and respect, similar to saying the taxi driver in a respectful way. In Korean, it is very common to use 기사님 when speaking about or to a driver politely.

So:

• 택시 기사 = taxi driver
• 택시 기사님 = taxi driver (respectful/polite)

This is much more natural than using plain 기사 in many everyday situations.

Why is the subject marked with 이 in 기사님이?

The particle 이/가 marks the subject of the sentence.

Here:

• 택시 기사님이 = the taxi driver (as the subject)

The full sentence is about what the taxi driver did, so 이 is used to show that the driver is the one who:

1. missed the signal, and
2. turned right at the next street

A learner might wonder why it is not 기사님은. That is because:

• 이/가 focuses on who did the action
• 은/는 would mark the topic and could add contrast or broader context

In this sentence, 기사님이 is a very natural way to present the driver as the subject of the event.

What does 신호를 놓치다 mean exactly?