권리 위에 잠자는 자는 보호받지 못한다 meaning 권리 위에 잠자는 자는 보호받지 못한다 I don't get the meaning of this sentence... I think the problem is the 잠자는 자는 part. Can someone explain this for me? Thanks a lot!

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Nov 15, 2014 9:56 AM

Answers · 3

잠자는 자는 is composed of 잠자(다)+는(1) 자+는(2) 잠자(다) means "to sleep" 는(1) is a determiner particle 자 is means "man, person" 는(2) is a topic marker 잠자는 자 means "a person who is sleeping" 권리 위에 잠자는 자는 보호받지 못한다 means A person who is sleeping on rights cannot be protected.

November 15, 2014

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