No. 1,008 in Korean
부분이
"부분이" means "part, portion, or section."
In a sentence
이 책의 대부분이 짧은 이야기로 구성되어 있습니다.
Most of this book is composed of short stories.
In this sentence, '부분이' refers to 'most part' of the book and functions as the subject of the sentence, describing its content composition.
그 프로젝트의 중요한 부분이 끝났습니다.
A significant part of the project has been completed.
Here, '부분이' means 'important part' and acts as the subject, indicating the completed portion of the project.
그림에서 어두운 부분이 잘 보이지 않습니다.
The dark parts of the painting are not clearly visible.
In this instance, '부분이' represents 'dark parts' in the painting, highlighting areas that are hard to see.
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