ajik momi hoebokdoeneun jungira oneul moimeun an garyeogo hae.

to go

Breakdown of ajik momi hoebokdoeneun jungira oneul moimeun an garyeogo hae.

• ~이: subject particle
• 이다: to be
• ~은: topic particle

Questions & Answers about ajik momi hoebokdoeneun jungira oneul moimeun an garyeogo hae.

Why is it 몸이 and not 몸을 here?

Because 몸 is the subject of 회복되다.

In 몸이 회복되는 중, the body is the thing that is recovering, so it takes the subject particle 이/가.

• 몸이 회복되다 = the body recovers / is recovering
• 몸을 회복하다 would sound different and is much less natural in this context

A helpful way to see it is:

• 회복하다 = to recover something / to recover oneself, depending on context
• 회복되다 = to be recovered / to recover

So 몸이 회복되는 중 is a natural way to say my body is in the process of recovering.

What does 아직 add to the sentence?

아직 means still or not yet, depending on the sentence.

Here it means still, as in:

• 아직 몸이 회복되는 중이라 = since my body is still recovering

It emphasizes that the recovery is not finished yet. Without 아직, the sentence would still make sense, but it would lose that feeling of the condition is continuing at this moment.

Compare:

• 몸이 회복되는 중이라 = because I’m recovering
• 아직 몸이 회복되는 중이라 = because I’m still recovering

What exactly does 회복되는 중 mean?