Example Sentences#

1. 그의 아들이 그 말을 다루려다 떨어져서 다리를 다쳤습니다.¹
   His son fell while handling the horse and injured his leg.
   • 아들 means ‘son’.
   • 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
2. 노인의 아들은 다리가 부러져 군대로 가지 않았습니다.¹
   The old man’s son did not go to the army because he broke his leg.
   • 아들 means ‘son’.
   • 은 is a topic marker, indicating what the sentence is about or the topic of discussion. It can emphasize an element, contrast it with another, or set the context for what follows, highlighting the theme rather than the actor and conveying a sense of ‘as for…’ or ‘regarding…’.