It is weird that the children have not arrived in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence “아이들이도착하지않은 것은이상합니다”:

1. 아이들이 (aidul-i):
 • 아이들 means “children.”
 • The particle -이 marks “아이들” as the subject.

2. 도착하지 않은 (dochakaji anh-eun):
 • 도착하다 means “to arrive.”
 • Its negative, non-past adjective form is created by attaching -지 않은 (ji anh-eun), which turns the verb into a modifier meaning “that have not arrived.”

3. 것은 (geos-eun):
 • 것 means “thing” or “fact.”
 • The particle -은 marks it as the topic of the sentence.
 • Thus, “아이들이 도착하지 않은 것은” means “the fact that the children have not arrived.”

4. 이상합니다 (isanghamnida):
 • 이상하다 means “to be weird/strange.”
 • In the formal style, it appears as 이상합니다, meaning “is weird.”

Tips to remember formation:
• The structure “Noun + (verb/adjective)-지 않은 + 것” is a common way to turn a verb phrase into a noun phrase (i.e. “the fact that …”).
• Attach the appropriate subject or topic particles after the noun to indicate its role in the sentence.
• Use the formal ending -합니다 when speaking in polite, formal contexts.

Alternate ways to say “It is weird that the children have not arrived”:
• 아이들이 도착하지 않은 게 이상해요. (aidul-i dochakaji anh-eun ge isanghaeyo)
• 아이들이 아직 도착하지 않은 게 이상해요. (aidul-i ajik dochakaji anh-eun ge isanghaeyo)  [Here, 아직 adds “yet,” emphasizing the ongoing wait.]
• 아이들이 오지 않은 게 이상해요. (aidul-i oji anh-eun ge isanghaeyo) [오다, “to come,” is sometimes used interchangeably with 도착하다.]

Each version maintains the subject → modifying clause → topic marker → descriptive adjective order typical in Korean.

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