sangdaebangi gyotongsagoro darireul dachyeosseoyo.

The other party injured their leg in the traffic accident.

Breakdown of sangdaebangi gyotongsagoro darireul dachyeosseoyo.

• 다리: leg
• 교통사고: the traffic accident
• 상대방: the other party
• 다치다: to get hurt

Questions & Answers about sangdaebangi gyotongsagoro darireul dachyeosseoyo.

What does 상대방 mean here?

상대방 literally means the other person, the other party, or the other side.

In everyday Korean, it is often used when talking about:

• a conversation partner
• the person on the other side of a situation
• the other party in an accident, dispute, deal, etc.

In this sentence, it most naturally means the other person involved, such as the other person in the traffic accident.

Why is 이 attached to 상대방?

이 is the subject marker. It shows that 상대방 is the subject of the sentence:

• 상대방이 = the other person (as the subject)

So the sentence is telling us something that happened to that person.

A learner might compare:

• 상대방이: focuses on the other person as the subject
• 상대방은: would sound more like as for the other person..., possibly contrasting them with someone else

Here, 이 is the neutral and natural choice.

What does 교통사고로 mean, and why is 로 used?