oneureun hoeuiga se gaena isseoseo bappayo.

subject particle

Breakdown of oneureun hoeuiga se gaena isseoseo bappayo.

• ~은: topic particle
• 오늘: today
• 있다: to have

Questions & Answers about oneureun hoeuiga se gaena isseoseo bappayo.

Why is 오늘은 marked with 은?

은 here marks 오늘 as the topic: as for today.

So 오늘은 gives a sense like:

• Today, ...
• As for today, ...

It sets the time frame for the whole sentence. This is very common in Korean when the speaker is talking about what today is like, compared with other days.

If you said 오늘이, that would sound different because 이/가 marks the subject, not the topic.

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Why is it 회의가 and not 회의는?

가 marks 회의 as the subject of 있다 in this sentence.

The structure is basically:

• 회의가 세 개나 있다 = there are as many as three meetings

Then that whole idea becomes the reason for being busy:

• 회의가 세 개나 있어서 바빠요 = I’m busy because there are as many as three meetings

If you changed it to 회의는, the nuance would shift. 회의는 would make meetings the topic or contrastive topic, something like:

• As for meetings, there are three of them...

That is possible in some contexts, but 회의가 is the natural choice here because the sentence is simply stating that meetings exist/are scheduled.

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Why do we use 세 개? What exactly does it mean?