Word
직원이 우편물을 사물함에 넣었어요.jigwoni upyeonmureul samulhame neoheosseoyo.
Meaning
A staff member put the mail in a locker.
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Breakdown of jigwoni upyeonmureul samulhame neoheosseoyo.
넣다neohda
to put in
직원jigwon
staff member
사물함samulham
the locker
우편물upyeonmul
the mail
Questions & Answers about jigwoni upyeonmureul samulhame neoheosseoyo.
What does each part of 직원이 우편물을 사물함에 넣었어요 mean grammatically?
A simple breakdown is:
- 직원-이: employee/staff member
- 우편물-을: mail / postal item(s)
- object marker -을
- 사물함-에: locker
- location/destination marker -에
- 넣었어요: put in / placed inside in the past polite form
So the sentence structure is:
- subject
- object
- place/destination
- verb
- place/destination
- object
That is a very common Korean pattern.
Why is 직원 followed by -이?