"호텔 옆에 식당이 있어요."

Translation: There is a restaurant next to the hotel.

[dasanders]

why isn't it possible to say "the restaurant is next to the hotel"?

[Hyacinth893244]

Can someone answer this? This is also my question

[Skye653218]

Why isnt "there is a hotel next to tge restaurant" right. Is it word order? Cos hotel comes first so i assumed it was the subject.

[raycosm]

2 signs: Notice that -이 is after 식당 making the restaurant the one doing the "being." The location marker 옆에 is also after 호탤 which means that the location is "next to the hotel." A little confusing since English cares about word order but Korean only cares about where particles are placed after nouns.

[Ality]

Because restaurant has the subject marker "이" attached to it which distinguishes it from the hotel.

[jenniferjack]

Don't forget to look for the subject marking particle, in this case ~이 after 식당.

[a.charmedlife]

Why can't I say "beside" instead of "next to"

[zfender1]

There are a lot of answers in this group that should be accepted but are not. I wonder if anyone has looked at this group yet. Or maybe there are just a lot of correct ways to word these answers

[daphne297937]

The hotel is next to the restaurant.

[deactivated user]

it's the other way round because the location indicator is on hotel and the subject particle is on restaurant.

[deactivated user]

"the restaurant is by the hotel"