jipju-ini gojang nan yoksil muneul surihaesseoyo.

The landlord repaired the broken bathroom door.

Breakdown of jipju-ini gojang nan yoksil muneul surihaesseoyo.

• ~이: subject particle
• ~을: object particle
• 문: door
• 고장 나다: to break down

Questions & Answers about jipju-ini gojang nan yoksil muneul surihaesseoyo.

What do -이 and -을 do in this sentence?

They are particles that show each noun’s role in the sentence.

• 집주인
  • -이 → 집주인이: the subject, the person who did the action
• 욕실 문
  • -을 → 욕실 문을: the object, the thing that was repaired

So the structure is basically:

집주인이 / 고장 난 욕실 문을 / 수리했어요
The landlord / the broken bathroom door / repaired

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Why is the sentence ordered this way instead of like English?

Korean usually puts the verb at the end of the sentence.

A very common Korean word order is:

Subject + Object + Verb

And anything that modifies a noun comes before that noun. So:

• 고장 난 modifies 욕실 문
• 욕실 문을 comes before the verb
• 수리했어요 comes at the end

That is why Korean says something like:

Landlord + broken bathroom door + repaired

rather than English The landlord repaired the broken bathroom door.

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What exactly is 고장 난?