This is the 4020th most frequent Korean word.
이야기는
"이야기는" means "the story is" or "the tale is" in English.
Here, '이야기는' acts as the subject of the sentence, with '이야기' meaning 'story' and '-는' serving as the topic particle.
이 이야기는 정말 흥미로워요.
This story is really interesting.
In this sentence, '이야기' refers to the specific content being discussed, and '-는' marks it as the topic under discussion.
이 이야기는 어제 친구에게 들었어요.
I heard this story from a friend yesterday.
Here, '이야기는' introduces 'the story' as the main topic about which the statement of providing lessons is made.