"남자아이가 장난감 속에서 잡니다."
Translation:The boy sleeps among the toys.
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How do the toy become plural here? Also im guessing this sentece is indistinguishable from "the boy sleeps inside the toy?" and it would depend on context?
Exactly. I was thinking it referred to a pretty big toy, like a playhouse, car, or something along those lines.
It's my understanding that nouns can often be interpreted as singular or plural; 들 is moreso a strict indicator when you want to emphasize the plurality of a noun.
From what I understand, most nouns, except for ones that describe people in particular, are the same whether they're the singular or plural forms. The 들 particle only really works for 사람, or say, 의사, possibly 선생.
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tongue twister or not, it is worthy to know that the word 장난감 is actually pronunced as [장난깜]
There are lots of usages for 속, this will clear it for you! https://www.italki.com/question/185916?hl=ko
I thought that for verbs like sleeping, standing, sitting, we shouldn't use "서". Shouldn't it be "속에" instead of "속에서"?
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잠다 is an exception of sorts, even though it describes a stationary "activity", it is used with 에서, and is overall treated like normal verbs, like 가다.
I think "the child sleeps inside the toy" should be accepted. Grammatically so far as I can tell that's still correct, and Duolingo has had far stranger/less likely sentences
The plurality is implied, so there is ambiguity, but languages vary like that.
Within or Among.
See preposition examples in tips and notes on Duolingo website.
장난감 ... The word I never remember. Can anyone provide a nice way to remember it? I always confuse the syllables
