siheomgwani banghyangjisideungeul hwaginhaessseupnida.

The test examiner checked the turn signal.

Breakdown of siheomgwani banghyangjisideungeul hwaginhaessseupnida.

• 확인하다: to check
• 시험관: the test examiner
• 방향지시등: the turn signal

Questions & Answers about siheomgwani banghyangjisideungeul hwaginhaessseupnida.

Why is 이 used after 시험관, and why is 을 used after 방향지시등?

이/가 marks the subject of the sentence, and 을/를 marks the object.

• 시험관이 = the examiner is the one doing the action
• 방향지시등을 = the turn signal is the thing being checked

So the structure is:

• 시험관이 → subject
• 방향지시등을 → object
• 확인했습니다 → checked / confirmed

This is a very standard Korean sentence pattern: subject + object + verb.

What exactly does 시험관 mean here?

Here, 시험관 means examiner or test administrator.

In this sentence, it most naturally refers to the person giving or supervising a test, especially something like a driving test.

A useful thing to know is that 시험관 can also mean test tube in science contexts. Korean has many words whose meaning depends on context. In this sentence, because of 방향지시등 and 확인했습니다, it clearly means examiner, not test tube.

What does 방향지시등 literally mean?