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- "남자아이가 장난감 속에서 잡니다."
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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.
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.
There are lots of usages for 속, this will clear it for you! https://www.italki.com/question/185916?hl=ko
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Apparently, the purpose of tongue twister sentences like this is to provide training in brain-tongue coordination to assist in learning to pronounce Korean words correctly?
tongue twister or not, it is worthy to know that the word 장난감 is actually pronunced as [장난깜]
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.
I thought that for verbs like sleeping, standing, sitting, we shouldn't use "서". Shouldn't it be "속에" instead of "속에서"?
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.
