kapeeseoneun sinmunboda japjireul cheoncheonhi ilgneun pyeoniya.

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Breakdown of kapeeseoneun sinmunboda japjireul cheoncheonhi ilgneun pyeoniya.

• ~에서: location particle
• ~를: object particle
• ~는: topic particle

Questions & Answers about kapeeseoneun sinmunboda japjireul cheoncheonhi ilgneun pyeoniya.

What does 카페에서는 mean, and why does it have both 에서 and 는?

카페에서는 = 카페에서 + 는.

• 카페에서 means at/in a cafe and marks the place where the action happens.
• 는 adds a topic/contrast nuance.

So 카페에서는 means something like:

• as for in a cafe...
• when it comes to at a cafe...
• in a cafe, at least...

The 는 often suggests contrast, even if it is subtle. For example, it can imply:

• In a cafe, I tend to read magazines more slowly than newspapers
  (maybe in other places, things are different)

Without 는, 카페에서 would just sound more neutral and less contrastive.

Why is 신문보다 used here?

보다 means than in comparisons.

So:

• 신문보다 = than newspapers
• 잡지를 신문보다 천천히 읽는 = read magazines more slowly than newspapers

The thing before 보다 is the standard of comparison.

Pattern:

• A보다 B가/를 ... = B is/does ... more than A

Here:

• 신문보다 잡지를 = magazines, compared to newspapers