biga geuchimyeon ppallaereul beranda-e dasi neoreoyo.

object particle

Breakdown of biga geuchimyeon ppallaereul beranda-e dasi neoreoyo.

• ~가: subject particle
• ~에: location particle
• ~면: when

Questions & Answers about biga geuchimyeon ppallaereul beranda-e dasi neoreoyo.

What does 그치면 mean, and how does -면 work here?

그치면 comes from the verb 그치다, which means to stop, to come to an end, or to let up.

The ending -면 means if or when. It connects two clauses:

• 비가 그치면 = if/when the rain stops
• 빨래를 베란다에 다시 널어요 = I hang the laundry out on the veranda again

So -면 is used for a condition or a situation that happens first, followed by the result or action in the second clause.

In this sentence, it feels very natural to translate it as when the rain stops, even though if is also possible grammatically.

Why is it 비가 and not 비는?

Here, 비가 uses the subject particle -가, which simply marks rain as the subject of 그치다:

• 비가 그치다 = the rain stops

Using -는 would add contrast or topic emphasis, like as for the rain or the rain, at least. That could work in some contexts, but the neutral, natural form here is 비가 그치면.

So:

• 비가 그치면 = neutral, standard
• 비는 그치면 = unnatural in most normal situations