Learn Hardcore Korean: chaseoneul bakkugi jeone banghyangjisideungeul kyeogo sagakjidaereul hwaginhaessseupnida. - Before changing lanes, I turned on the turn signal and checked the blind spot.

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차선을 바꾸기 전에 방향지시등을 켜고 사각지대를 확인했습니다.chaseoneul bakkugi jeone banghyangjisideungeul kyeogo sagakjidaereul hwaginhaessseupnida.

Meaning

Before changing lanes, I turned on the turn signal and checked the blind spot.

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Breakdown of chaseoneul bakkugi jeone banghyangjisideungeul kyeogo sagakjidaereul hwaginhaessseupnida.

Why is it 차선을 and not just 차선?

차선 means lane. The form 차선을 is 차선 + 을, where 을/를 is the object marker.

Here, 차선을 바꾸다 means to change lanes, so 차선 is the thing being changed and takes the object marker:

In natural Korean, object markers are sometimes omitted in casual speech, but in a careful written sentence like this, 차선을 is completely normal.

What does 바꾸기 전에 mean, and why is -기 used here?

바꾸기 전에 means before changing or before you change.

This pattern is:

So:

The -기 turns the verb into a noun-like form, so literally it is something like before the act of changing.

Compare:

This is a very common pattern in Korean.

Could this also be said as 바꾸기 전 without ?