Our neighbor is a mechanic in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

우리 – means “our.”
 Romanized: uri

이웃은 – “이웃” means “neighbor,” and the particle “은” marks it as the topic of the sentence.
 Romanized: iuseun

기계공이에요 – “기계공” means “mechanic” (literally, someone who works with machines), and “이에요” is the polite form of the copula “이다” meaning “is.”
 Romanized: gigegong-ieyo

Full translation: “Our neighbor is a mechanic.”

Tips to remember:
• Recognize that subject/topic markers like “은/는” indicate what the sentence is about.
• “이에요” is the polite ending for statements with nouns; it changes based on whether the preceding sound is a consonant or vowel.
• Word order in Korean generally follows Subject/Topic – Object – Verb.

Alternate ways to say “Our neighbor is a mechanic”:
• 우리 이웃분은 기계공이세요.
 Romanized: uri iutbuneun gigegong-iseyo.
 (This uses “이웃분” for a more respectful reference and “이세요” as the honorific copula.)

• 우리 옆 사람은 기계공이에요.
 Romanized: uri yeop sarameun gigegong-ieyo.
 (This substitutes “옆 사람” meaning “the person next door” for “neighbor,” which is a more descriptive alternative.)

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