No. 4,824 in Korean
공이
"공이" means "ball" in English.
In a sentence
공이 둥근 모양으로 굴러갔다.
The ball rolled in a round shape.
In this sentence, '공이' refers to the subject of the sentence, which means 'the ball' and is the nominative case.
그는 공이 너무 작다고 말했다.
He said the ball is too small.
Here, '공이' is used as the subject of the sentence, where '공' refers to 'ball' and '이' marks it as the subject.
헬멧에 공이 튀어올랐다.
The ball bounced off the helmet.
In this context, '공이' specifies that 'the ball' is the doer of the action described in the sentence.
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