In Korean Language, It is possible that a sentence has two or more subjects or two or more objects.
(1) 가. 영희가 마음씨가 곱다. (영희는 마음씨가 곱다.)
Yeong-hee has a heart of gold.
나. 그 책이 표지가 색깔이 예쁘다. (그 책의 표지는 색깔이 예쁘다.)
The color of cover of that book is pretty.
(2) 가. 영희가 나를 손을 잡았다. (영희는 나의 손을 잡았다.)
Yeong-hee held my hand.
나. 아버지는 시장에서 생선을 큰 것을 세 마리를 사 오셨다.
(아버지는 시장에서 큰 생선 세 마리를 사 오셨다.)
My Father bought three big fish in the market and brought them home.
in (1), Each sentence has two or more subjects. In (1가), the sentence has two subjects '영희' and '마음씨', and one predicate '곱다'. In (1나), the sentence has three subjects '그 책', '표지', '색깔' and one predicate '예쁘다'.
And in (2), Each sentence has two or more objects. In (2가), Both '나' and '손' are objects, in (2나), '생선', '큰 것', '세 마리', All of them are objects.
As above, in Korean language, in a case which subject or object appear one after another, it can be interpreted as relation between a owner and a beloing or relation betwen the whole and the part.
In addtion, in Korean language, it is general to write noun side by side in the order as following.
from the greater into the little
from the whole into the part
for examples,
대한민국 서울특별시 종로구 계동길 37 북촌문화센터
Repulic Korea, City of Seoul, District of Jongno, 37th Avenue of Gye-dong, Bukchon Traditional Culture Center.
2013년 1월 28일 월요일
2013 year, January, Day 28, Monday
Otherwise, in English, it is on the contray to Korean.
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