Breakdown of eojeneun gwigeorireul ilheobeorilkka bwa gabang ane neoheo dwosseo.
Questions & Answers about eojeneun gwigeorireul ilheobeorilkka bwa gabang ane neoheo dwosseo.
The -는 here is a topic marker. 어제는 means something like as for yesterday or yesterday, at least.
In this sentence, -는 helps set the time frame as the topic of what follows. It can also give a slight contrastive feeling depending on context, such as:
- 어제는 I did this...
- maybe implying today is different
If you just said 어제, the sentence would still be natural. Adding -는 simply gives a little more structure and emphasis to yesterday as the topic.
Yes, 귀걸이 usually means earring or earrings, depending on context. Korean nouns generally do not have to show singular vs. plural the way English does.
So 귀걸이를 잃어버릴까 봐 can mean:
- because I was worried I might lose my earring
- or because I was worried I might lose my earrings
The particle -를 / -을 marks 귀걸이 as the object of the verb.
If someone really wanted to emphasize plural, they could sometimes say 귀걸이들을, but in normal speech that often sounds unnecessary.