deungsanhwawa ubineun nae baenang ane isseo.

The hiking boots and raincoat are inside my backpack.

Breakdown of deungsanhwawa ubineun nae baenang ane isseo.

• 있다: to be
• 내: my
• 안에: inside
• 배낭: the backpack

Questions & Answers about deungsanhwawa ubineun nae baenang ane isseo.

Why is 와 used after 등산화?

와 means and here.

In Korean, 와/과 are the basic written forms for and connecting nouns:

• 와 after a noun ending in a vowel
• 과 after a noun ending in a consonant

So:

• 등산화와 우비 = hiking boots and a raincoat

Since 등산화 ends in a vowel sound, 와 is used.

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What does 는 do in 우비는?

Here, 는 is the topic marker. It marks 등산화와 우비 as the topic of the sentence.

So the structure is roughly:

• 등산화와 우비는 = as for the hiking boots and raincoat
• 내 배낭 안에 있어 = they are inside my backpack

This is slightly different from an English subject marker. Korean often uses 은/는 to introduce what the sentence is about.

A version with 이/가 is also possible, but the nuance changes:

• 등산화와 우비는 내 배낭 안에 있어.
  = talking about those items as the topic
• 등산화와 우비가 내 배낭 안에 있어.
  = more neutral or more focused on the fact that those items are there

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Why is there only one particle after the whole phrase, not after both nouns?