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장소와 위치Places and Location

Jangso-wa wichi

Places in a city and where they are. Words: 병원, 은행, 학교, 화장실, 공원, 위, 아래, 앞, 뒤, 옆. Key grammar: to say what is where, use "place + 에 + 있어요" — 은행이 어디에 있어요? / 은행은 학교 옆에 있어요. For position, attach 위·아래·앞·뒤·옆 after the noun and use "에". This "에" marks the spot where something exists. English speakers often use "에서" before "있다" — "학교에서 있어요" ✗ → "학교에 있어요" ✓ ("에서" is where you do an action). Pronunciation corner: the liaison in "옆에·앞에".

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학교에서 있어요? 학교에 있어요?

  1. Jieun마ma이i클keul씨ssi,지ji금geum어eo디di에e있iss어eo요yo?Michael, where are you now?
  2. Michael저jeo는neun학hak교gyo에e서seo있iss어eo요yo.I'm at school. (slip: existence 있다 takes 에, not 에서 → 학교에 있어요)
  3. Jieun"있it다da"는neun"에e"를reul써sseo요yo:학hak교gyo에e있iss어eo요yo."에e서seo"는neun뭘mwol할hal때ttae써sseo요yo."있다" takes "에": 학교에 있어요. "에서" is for when you do something.
  4. Michael아a,저jeo는neun학hak교gyo에e있iss어eo요yo.학hak교gyo앞ap에e은eun행haeng이i있iss어eo요yo.Ah, I'm at school. There's a bank in front of the school.

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병원이 어디에 있어요?— Where Is the Hospital?

  1. Michael지ji은eun씨ssi,병byeong원won이i어eo디di에e있iss어eo요yo?Jieun, where is the hospital?
  2. Jieun병byeong원won은eun은eun행haeng뒤dwi에e있iss어eo요yo.The hospital is behind the bank.
  3. Michael그geu럼reom공gong원won은eun어eo디di에e있iss어eo요yo?Then where is the park?
  4. Jieun공gong원won은eun학hak교gyo옆yeop에e있iss어eo요yo.화hwa장jang실sil도do공gong원won앞ap에e있iss어eo요yo.The park is next to the school. There is a toilet in front of the park too.

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병byeong원won

nounhospital

은eun행haeng

nounbank

학hak교gyo

nounschool

화hwa장jang실sil

nountoilet, restroom

공gong원won

nounpark

위wi

nountop, above (위에 = on/above)

아a래rae

nounbottom, below (아래에 = under)

앞ap

nounfront (앞에 = in front of)

뒤dwi

nounback (뒤에 = behind)

옆yeop

nounside (옆에 = next to)

회hoe사sa

nouncompany, office

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"어디에 있어요?" — place + 에 + 있다

Explanation

To say what is where, use "place + 에 + 있어요". Here "에" marks the spot of existence (the same letter as the "time 에" from Chapter 17). To ask: "은행이 어디에 있어요?", to answer: "은행은 학교 옆에 있어요". For an exact position, attach a position word after the noun and use "에": 학교 앞에 (in front of the school), 병원 뒤에 (behind the hospital), 책상 위에 (on the desk), 공원 옆에 (next to the park). Important: with "있다" you must use "에" — not "에서". "에서" is for a place where you do something (eat, buy). English speakers often say "학교에서 있어요" → "학교에 있어요".

Examples

  • 은행이 어디에 있어요?Where is the bank?
  • 은행은 학교 옆에 있어요.The bank is next to the school.
  • 화장실이 어디에 있어요? — 병원 뒤에 있어요.Where is the toilet? — It is behind the hospital.
  • 공원 앞에 병원이 있어요.There is a hospital in front of the park.

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한글: "옆에·앞에"의 연음과 "은행"— Hangul: liaison in "옆에·앞에" and "은행"

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