It’s good that Mateo studies spanish in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:

1. Mateo + subject marker – "마테오가" (Matteo-ga)
 • "가" marks Mateo as the subject of the sentence.

2. Spanish + object marker – "스페인어를" (supeineo-reul)
 • "를" marks Spanish as the direct object that is being studied.

3. Studying (relative clause) – "공부하는" (gongbuhaneun)
 • This is the modifier form of the verb 공부하다 (“to study”). It turns the verb into an adjective-like clause that describes “것”.

4. Thing – "것이" (geosi)
 • "것" means “thing” and "이" is the subject marker attached to it. Together, it nominalizes the previous clause (“Mateo studying Spanish”).

5. Is good – "좋습니다" (johseumnida)
 • This is the formal declarative form of 좋다 (“to be good”).

Tips to remember:

• Remember that subject (마테오) is marked by 가 and the object (스페인어) by 를.
• To turn a verb into a descriptive clause, use its -는 form (공부하는) to modify a noun (것).
• The construction “verb + 는 것” is a common method to nominalize an action, allowing you to comment on the action as a “thing.”

Alternate ways to say "It's good that Mateo studies Spanish":

• 마테오가 스페인어 공부하는 건 좋습니다.
 – Romanization: "Matteo-ga supeineo gongbu-haneun geon johseumnida."
 – Here, "건" serves as a contraction of “것은.”

• 마테오가 스페인어를 공부하는 것이 좋아요.
 – Romanization: "Matteo-ga supeineoreul gongbuhaneun geosi joayo."
 – This version is slightly less formal using 좋아요 instead of 좋습니다.

• 마테오가 스페인어 공부하는 게 좋아요.
 – Romanization: "Matteo-ga supeineo gongbu-haneun ge joayo."
 – This is an informal contraction, where "게" stands for “것이.”

Each variant effectively expresses that it is good Mateo studies Spanish.

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