geu chaegeun gilji anhaseo jumare ilgeul manhae.

to read

Breakdown of geu chaegeun gilji anhaseo jumare ilgeul manhae.

• 책: book
• ~은: topic particle
• 주말: weekend

Questions & Answers about geu chaegeun gilji anhaseo jumare ilgeul manhae.

Can you break this sentence down piece by piece?

Yes:

• 그 = that
• 책은 = book + topic marker 은
• 길지 않아서 = because it is not long
• 주말에 = on/over the weekend
• 읽을 만해 = it is worth reading / readable / manageable to read

So the structure is:

As for that book, because it isn’t long, it’s manageable enough to read over the weekend.

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What does 그 mean here? Is it really that book?

Literally, 그 책 means that book.

But in real conversation, 그 often points to something both speakers already know about. So depending on context, English might naturally translate it as either that book or the book.

So 그 책은 can feel like:

• that book, as for it...
• or the book we’re talking about...

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Why is the topic marker 은 used in 책은 instead of 이/가?