No. 4,020 in Korean
이야기는
"이야기는" means "the story is" or "the tale is" in English.
In a sentence
이 이야기는 정말 흥미로워요.
This story is really interesting.
Here, '이야기는' acts as the subject of the sentence, with '이야기' meaning 'story' and '-는' serving as the topic particle.
이 이야기는 어제 친구에게 들었어요.
I heard this story from a friend yesterday.
In this sentence, '이야기' refers to the specific content being discussed, and '-는' marks it as the topic under discussion.
이 이야기는 모든 사람들에게 교훈을 제공합니다.
This story provides a lesson to everyone.
Here, '이야기는' introduces 'the story' as the main topic about which the statement of providing lessons is made.
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