gyeongchari gyotongsago hyeonjange baro wasseoyo.

to come

Breakdown of gyeongchari gyotongsago hyeonjange baro wasseoyo.

• 바로: immediately
• 교통사고: the traffic accident
• 현장: the scene of an incident

Questions & Answers about gyeongchari gyotongsago hyeonjange baro wasseoyo.

Why does 경찰 take 이 in 경찰이?

이 is the subject marker. It shows that 경찰 is the thing doing the action.

• 경찰이 = the police / a police officer as the subject
• In this sentence, the police are the ones who came

Korean often marks roles with particles instead of relying mostly on word order like English does.

A learner may also wonder why it is not 경찰은.

• 경찰이 simply marks the subject
• 경찰은 would add a topic or contrast feeling, like as for the police...

So 경찰이 교통사고 현장에 바로 왔어요 is a neutral way to say that the police came.

What does 교통사고 현장 mean, and why are there no particles between the words?

교통사고 현장 is a noun phrase made of:

• 교통사고 = traffic accident
• 현장 = scene, site

Together, 교통사고 현장 means the scene of the traffic accident or traffic accident scene.

Korean often puts nouns next to each other like this to create compound noun phrases. English does something similar in phrases like:

• school bus
• computer screen
• accident scene

So there is no need for a particle between 교통사고 and 현장 here.