sagwareul daseos gae sassseupnida.

I bought five apples.

Breakdown of sagwareul daseos gae sassseupnida.

• 사다: to buy
• 개: general counter
• 사과: apple
• 다섯: five (native Korean)

Questions & Answers about sagwareul daseos gae sassseupnida.

What does 를 do in 사과를?

를 is the object particle. It marks 사과 (apple/apples) as the thing being bought.

So in 사과를 다섯 개 샀습니다, 사과를 means apples as the direct object of bought.

A few notes:

• 를 is used after nouns that end in a vowel.
• 을 is used after nouns that end in a consonant.

For example:

• 사과를 샀습니다 = (I) bought apples
• 빵을 샀습니다 = (I) bought bread

Why is there 다섯 개? Why not just 다섯?

In Korean, when you count nouns, you usually need a counter word.

Here:

• 다섯 = five
• 개 = a very common counter for things/items

So 다섯 개 means five items.

Because 사과 is being counted, Korean normally says five apples as 사과 다섯 개 or 사과를 다섯 개 rather than just 사과 다섯.

Why is the counter 개 used here?