It was good that she did not work in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Sentence structure explanation:
• Base sentence: 그녀가 일하지 않은 것이 좋았다.
 – 그녀가 (geunyeoga): “she” with the subject marker 가 attached
 – 일하지 않은: a relative clause meaning “not working.” It comes from the verb 일하다 (“to work”) conjugated in the negative form. The adjective form 일하지 않은 modifies the noun that follows.
 – 것: “thing” or “fact,” referring to the situation “not working.”
 – 이: subject marker attached to 것 (것이)
 – 좋았다 (johaetda): past tense of 좋다 (“to be good”), meaning “was good.”

Tips to remember:
• In Korean, relative clauses (like 일하지 않은) are placed before the noun they modify (것).
• Negative forms are made by conjugating the verb with –지 않다 (or the contracted –안), so 일하지 않은 and 일 안 한 both mean “did not work.”
• Subject particles (가 or 이) follow the noun they mark for subject; here, 것이 indicates that the “fact of not working” is what “was good.”

Alternate ways to say “It was good that she did not work”:
1. 그녀가 일 안 한 게 좋았다.
 – Romanization: Geunyeoga il an han ge johaetda.
2. 그녀가 일하지 않은 건 좋았다.
 – Romanization: Geunyeoga ilhaji anheun geon johaetda.

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