Breakdown of bansong baesongbireul meonjeo naessseupnida.
내다naeda
to pay
먼저meonjeo
first
배송비baesongbi
the shipping fee
반송bansong
the return to sender
Questions & Answers about bansong baesongbireul meonjeo naessseupnida.
What does 반송 배송비 mean, and why are there two nouns together?
반송 배송비 is a noun phrase made of:
- 반송 = return shipment / sending something back
- 배송비 = shipping fee / delivery charge
In Korean, it is very common to place one noun before another to modify it. So 반송 배송비 means the shipping fee for returning something or return shipping cost.
This is similar to English noun-noun combinations like:
- school bus
- coffee cup
- return shipping fee
Korean often builds these meanings without extra words like for or of.
Why does the particle 를 attach to 배송비 and not 반송?
Because 배송비 is the main noun being acted on.
- 반송 modifies 배송비
- 배송비를 marks shipping fee as the object of the verb 냈습니다
So the structure is:
- 반송 배송비를 = the return shipping fee
- object marker
You can think of 반송 배송비 as one unit, and 를 attaches to the whole noun phrase by attaching to the final noun.
What does 먼저 mean here, and where does it go in the sentence?