물고기는

the fish

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the fish 는 marks 물고기 as the topic of the sentence; depending on context, it can be translated as “as for the fish.”
KO: 물고기는 물속에서 살아요.
EN: Fish live in water.

사람은 깨어 있는데 물고기는 아직 잠자리에서 나오지 않은 아침 말 이다.

It was one of those mornings when people were awake, but the fish hadn’t come out of bed yet.

물고기는 여기에도 많은데 왜 그렇게 불평이 많아?

There are plenty of fish here too, so why are you complaining so much?

— 리턴 (2003)

다만 이 물고기는 그렇게 잡힌 덕에 오히려 잘될 터 였다.

But thanks to being caught that way, this fish would actually end up thriving.