Word
직원이 운송장을 읽으며 발송인에게 전화했습니다.jigwoni unsongjangeul ilgeumyeo balsonginege jeonhwahaessseupnida.
Meaning
The employee called the sender while reading the waybill.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of jigwoni unsongjangeul ilgeumyeo balsonginege jeonhwahaessseupnida.
읽다ilgda
to read
전화하다jeonhwahada
to call
직원jigwon
employee
운송장unsongjang
the waybill
Questions & Answers about jigwoni unsongjangeul ilgeumyeo balsonginege jeonhwahaessseupnida.
What does -이 in 직원이 do?
-이/가 is the subject marker. In 직원이, it marks 직원 as the subject: the employee is the person doing the actions.
Why -이 here instead of -은/는?
- 직원이 sounds like a neutral statement of fact.
- 직원은 would make employee the topic, and could add a contrastive feeling, like as for the employee...
So this sentence is simply presenting what the employee did.
Why is it 운송장을?
The -을/를 particle marks the direct object of the verb.
Here:
- 운송장 = shipping label / waybill / shipping document
- 읽다 = to read
So 운송장을 읽으며 means while reading the shipping label.
The label is the thing being read, so it takes -을.
What does 읽으며 mean?