Is 여기 a particle? I have a book that has 여기에 in it but I'm having trouble with the translation.
Google says it means 'here', but I can't find it in any dictionaries. 여기에 속하다 means to belong here, but what about sentences like 여기 실뭉치가 있어요 or 아기 고양이가 여가에 있어요? Thanks in advance.

Question

Is 여기 a particle?  I have a book that has 여기에 in it but I'm having trouble with the translation.
Google says it means 'here', but I can't find it in any dictionaries. 여기에 속하다 means to belong here, but what about sentences like 여기 실뭉치가 있어요 or 아기 고양이가  여가에 있어요? Thanks in advance.

Answer

'여기' means 'here' as you said, and it's the same meaning as '이곳'.
the second sentence '여기 실뭉치가..' you put means 'here you are' not 'here'. 
it's kinda 'homonym'.

'에' as in '여기에' is a marker indicating places and can be 'in' or 'at' in English.
it functions like prepositions in English but it is placed after nouns in Korean.

here are some examples,
여기 : here
저기:  there
어디:  where

and we can make sentences with a locative marker '에',
여기+에 있다. it's here.
저기+에 있다. it's over there.
어디+에 있다. where is it.

여기+에 두다 put here
저기+에 두다 put there

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