Tips on reading/writing long sentences?
It seems that it'll be impossible for me to understand the order of things in long sentences if I never ask native speakers, so here i am.

With so many 는s in them its hard for me to "organize" it, like this:

"음악 듣기를 좋아한다고 생각하는 사람들은 누구나 자신들이 좋아하는 뮤지션의 노래를 다른 사람이 불렀을 때 원곡이 가진 그 에너지를 기대한다."

I get the "general idea" of the sentence, but i don't know the order of the elements in it.

I hope I expressed myself well?

Question

Tips on reading/writing long sentences?
It seems that it'll be impossible for me to understand the order of things in long sentences if I never ask native speakers, so here i am.

With so many 는s in them its hard for me to "organize" it, like this:

"음악 듣기를 좋아한다고 생각하는 사람들은 누구나 자신들이 좋아하는 뮤지션의 노래를 다른 사람이 불렀을 때 원곡이 가진 그 에너지를 기대한다."

I get the "general idea" of the sentence, but i don't know the order of the elements in it.

I hope I expressed myself well?

Answer

When a verb’s end inflects to “는” the clause modifies a noun like “a relative clause” in English.

음악 듣기를 좋아한다고 생각하는 사람들은 누구나
=  Any people who think they like to listen to music
자신들이 좋아하는 뮤지션의 노래를
= a song of a musician who they like
원곡이 가진 그 에너지를
= the energy that an original song has

The syntax of a complex sentence is completely different between Korean and English. So, if Korean is translated into English word for word, it sounds unnatural in most cases.
Anyway, I translate the example into English word for word for your understanding on the sentence structure of Korean.
 
Any people who think they like to listen to music expect the energy that an original song has when a song of a musician who they like is sung by others.

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