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"A reporter thinks every day is a busy day."
Translation:기자는 매일이 바쁘다고 생각해요.
September 21, 2017
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Literally: reporters think that every day is busy
<h1>8/30/2020 Update</h1>
Sentence breakdown:
- 기자는 ← 記者 (reporter) + 는 (topic marker)
- 매일이 ← 每日 (every day) + 이 (subject marker)
- 바쁘다고 ← 바쁘다 (to be busy) + 다 (plain ending for descriptive verbs) + 고 (connective ending)
- 생각해요 ← 생각하다 (to think) + ᅟᅧ요 (polite ending)
Parse thusly:
<pre>기자는 [(매일이 바쁘다)고 생각해요].
</pre>
Grammar pattern:
- A다고 생각하다
- Vᅟᅠᆫ다고 생각하다
- V는다고 생각하다
…where A represents a descriptive verb’s stem.