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"Women are good."
Translation:여자는 좋습니다.
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I know that people can say this sentence like they have it here, but for the purpose of learning I think it should be 여자들은/이. In this sentence 은 and 이 are interchangeable.
We intentionally did not add -들 to the best translation, as general concepts do not require the plural suffix. Also, we cannot add a slash in the answer.
Not really. 은/는 shows the topic 이/가 shows the subject. Google it for more information.
Not necessary, I said "in this sentence." It's too simple to require the specific use of either particle. They're only different in this sentence if you add something like 저는 여자들이 좋습니다 vs 저는 여자들을 좋아합니다.
Well it's taken out of the context, so we can only guess wether it should be 이/은, but generally speaking they're not interchangeable.
You are correct. They are interchangeable only in the sense both are correct, but they are different.
When it's a general statement that you make, its with '는' at the end. It's optional with '들', but normally, if I have understood correctly, it is not needed in these kind of sentences.
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는 is a topic particle. 들 is a particle to indicate plural.
Someone correct me if I am wrong here.
From the previous lessons 들 is not used in generalized statements, so to express a general idea like "Women are good" you need to use 여자는 (the plurality is implied, Korean isn't that strict about this). 여자들은 would be "the women", like "The women I met today are good."
I think this "women" is used for generalizing any "group of women". This is a reason why the sentence drops its plural particle.
왜? Personal reaction aside, I fail to see how this sentence is sexist. It is (1) sex/gender-based, and (2) a value judgment; you personally may not /like/ it, but none of these criteria make the sentence prejudiced.
(03/08/19: 여성의 날을 축하 해요 여러분!)
It never really said that men aren't good but different people can take it different ways
