"하늘은 우리의 위에 있습니다."

Translation: The sky is above us.

[Ellie850831]

Why 우리의?

[wintertriangles]

~의 위에 = above, 위에 = on

[the_crait]

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!

[MatthewEpp5]

I have the same question.

[KindleRous]

I think (correct me if I'm wrong!) 우리의 means "us" if it isn't followed by a noun.

[ThomasPrik]

it is "our"... so "our on top" is "above us"

[the_crait]

I accidentally typed, "The sky is actor us." I feel so lame for missing this one...

[CascataNerina]

So what's the difference with "Above us is the sky?"

[shayisnthere]

The marker 은 puts the sentence focus on the sky so that it's more like "As for the sky, it's above us." It sort of answers "What about the sky?". In the sentence "Above us is the sky" (I think: 우리의 위에는 하늘있어요) the focus is on "above us" as though you've been asked "What's above us?"

[Adrian-Michael]

Thus if I would say "we are above the sky", I would say 우리는 하늘 위에 이써?

[ThomasPrik]

the the sky is not the subject of the sentence

[sugalba]

Above us only sky~

[AbelVP25]

Let's keep him there

[Woodsman72]

At what about the sentence "there is a sky above us".....

[JaviAgui2]

Above us only sky (8)

[sugalba]

to the toppermost of the poppermost, boys!

[emsuzz]

The 의 on 우리 basically means "the space above us"

So the sentence is saying "in the spaxe above us is the sky"

[tCxi6]

No, -의 is used to express possession. So 우리의 means "our"

And 우리의 위에 literally translates to "at our top" or "at our above"
Although it would make more sense translating it as "above us" in English

[soobee620]

Can someone provide a clear explanation of why it's 우리의, with the possessive particle?