This is the 18268th most frequent Korean word.
스미스는
"스미스는" means "Smith is" or "Smith does" in English, depending on the context.
"스미스는" identifies Smith as the one who initiated the action of starting the project.
스미스는 새로운 프로젝트를 시작했습니다.
Smith started a new project.
"스미스는" here introduces the subject of the sentence, stating that Smith is the person being described.
스미스는 학생입니다.
Smith is a student.
In this sentence, "스미스는" again serves as the subject marker, indicating that the action of going to school is performed by Smith.