Learn Hardcore Korean: i jibeun bojeunggeumi najaseo johayo. - I like this house because the deposit is low.

Word

이 집은 보증금이 낮아서 좋아요.i jibeun bojeunggeumi najaseo johayo.

Meaning

I like this house because the deposit is low.

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Breakdown of i jibeun bojeunggeumi najaseo johayo.

What does 은 do in 이 집은?

은 is the topic marker. It tells you that this house is the thing being talked about.

So 이 집은 means something like:

It does not mean the house is doing the action. It just sets the topic for the rest of the sentence.

A very literal breakdown is:

Why is 보증금 followed by 이 instead of 을/를?

Because 보증금 is functioning as the subject of 낮다.

In Korean, adjectives like 낮다 behave more like verbs, and they usually take a subject marked with 이/가.

So:

Not:

Here, the structure is:

This is a very common pattern in Korean: a topic can contain a smaller clause inside it with its own subject.

What exactly is 보증금?