jeo yeojaneun deungsanhwareul singo isseo.

That woman is wearing hiking boots.

Breakdown of jeo yeojaneun deungsanhwareul singo isseo.

• 저: that
• 있다: to be
• 신다: to wear
• 등산화: the hiking boots

Questions & Answers about jeo yeojaneun deungsanhwareul singo isseo.

What does 저 mean here? Is it I?

In this sentence, 저 means that and modifies 여자.

So:

• 저 여자 = that woman

This is not the humble pronoun 저 meaning I/me.
Korean has two different words spelled the same way:

• 저 = I (humble pronoun)
• 저 = that (demonstrative, for something farther away)

Because it comes right before a noun here, it means that.

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What does 여자는 mean, and why is 는 used?

여자는 is:

• 여자 = woman
• 는 = topic marker

So 저 여자는 means something like:

• as for that woman
• that woman (in natural English)

The particle 는 marks the topic of the sentence. In simple sentences like this, the topic is often also the thing we translate as the subject.

So the sentence structure is roughly:

• 저 여자는 = as for that woman
• 등산화를 신고 있어 = is wearing hiking boots

Using 는 can also slightly suggest contrast depending on context, like that woman, at least, is wearing hiking boots.

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Is 여자 okay to use for woman?