maejang jigwoni jaegoreul hwaginhaneun jungiraseo jamkkan gidaryeosseo.

subject particle

Breakdown of maejang jigwoni jaegoreul hwaginhaneun jungiraseo jamkkan gidaryeosseo.

• ~를: object particle
• 이다: to be
• 확인하다: to check

Questions & Answers about maejang jigwoni jaegoreul hwaginhaneun jungiraseo jamkkan gidaryeosseo.

What does 매장 직원 mean? Is it the same as 점원?

매장 직원 means store employee / staff member.

It is similar to 점원, but the nuance is a little different:

• 매장 직원 sounds neutral and modern.
• 점원 also means clerk / shop assistant, but can sound a bit more like sales clerk specifically, and in some contexts a little less natural than 직원.

So in this sentence, 매장 직원 is a very natural way to say the store employee.

Why is it 직원이 but 재고를?

These are particles showing each noun’s role in the sentence:

• 직원
  • 이: the subject
    → the store employee is the one doing the checking
• 재고
  • 를: the object
    → inventory/stock is what the employee is checking

So:

• 매장 직원이 = the store employee (subject)
• 재고를 확인하다 = to check the inventory (object + verb)

What exactly does 재고 mean here?