"In my house the washing machine is in the bathroom."

Translation: 우리 집에 세탁기가 욕실에 있어요.

[SvedishPlumber]

I'm sure im not the only person to have this question, so I'll post what I found. It seems that 욕실 and 화장실 is more or less synonymous.

https://hinative.com/ko/questions/4614130

[Eugeni119108]

In my 8 years living in Korea, 화장실 is much more colloquial. Probably equivalent to "using the bathroom" vs. "using the lavatory."

[deactivated user]

I think that sounds better - 우리 집 세탁기는 화장실에 있어요.

[oee16]

In this case, using compound noun does not alter greatly the meaning of the sentence

(a) 우리 집에 세탁기 = The washing machine in my house

(b) 우리 집 세탁기 = My home washing machine

(a) = (b)

But word stacking can sometimes be ambiguous (not just in Korean). e.g.

한국 역사 교사 = Korean history teacher

can mean:

한국의 역사 교사 = Teacher in Korean History

한국인 역사 교사 = history teacher who is Korean

...

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

"우리 집에 세탁기가 욕실에 있습니다" should be accpted. Reported on Nov. 18, 2017.

[oee16]

In this instance as speaker talks specifically about an arrangement in his place, perhaps 우리 집에서는 would be more appropriate.

[OlgaTheTerrible]

Wouldn't it be 집에는 considering the arrangement is stative instead of active?

[oee16]

And ... You are correct.

에서 does denote a location where actions take place.

있다 is a stative (no action) verb. So 에 is rightly used in this case.

Thanks for pointing this out.

[Eugeni119108]

Do you think it coild also be "세탁기는..."