"The boy sits near the woman."

Translation: 남자아이는 여자 가까이에 앉아요.

[SvedishPlumber]

Why doesnt 근처 work here? Because it doesnt have the -ㅔ particle?

[UltimetaSy]

근처 actually means in vicinity, not specifically means near/close by.

[klodak]

근처에 should also work

[Knoebel_Joseph]

Its common in spoken korean to drop almost all particles in shorter sentences

[dexikiix]

Why isn't there a particle of some sort on 여자?

[wintertriangles]

The 가까이에 works as such. The particles just help you describe the things in the sentence, so adding a position will do the same job.

[MartaZamar]

I read that there used to be (and you still can use it) posessive -의 attached to the nouns. That would mean that the boy sits in the woman's "closeness" or, in other words, close to her.

[Nell665248]

is 남자아이가 also correct for the subject?

[V62442]

Yep

[ImTiredRightNow]

Really... just the "에"...
._.

[ZahZekZarin]

hello. whats the difference between using 가까이에 and 가까에

[deetamelia]

why does "남자아이는" not "남자아이가"?

[lindsey.zip]

It could also be 남자아이가. Both -는 and -가 mark the subject.