Word
친구가 몰래 선물을 준비했습니다.chinguga mollae seonmureul junbihaessseupnida.
Meaning
My friend secretly prepared a gift.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of chinguga mollae seonmureul junbihaessseupnida.
친구chingu
friend
준비하다junbihada
to prepare
선물seonmul
gift
몰래mollae
secretly; without anyone knowing
Questions & Answers about chinguga mollae seonmureul junbihaessseupnida.
Why does 친구 use 가 here instead of 는?
가 marks 친구 as the subject of the sentence.
- 친구가 = the friend is the one doing the action
- 친구는 would sound more like as for the friend..., often with contrast or topic emphasis
In this sentence, 친구가 simply introduces the friend as the person who secretly prepared the gift. It sounds natural when presenting new information.
What does 몰래 mean, and what kind of word is it?
몰래 is an adverb, so it describes how the action was done.
Here it means something like:
- secretly
- without anyone knowing
- on the sly
So 몰래 준비했습니다 means the gift was prepared secretly.
Why is 몰래 placed before 선물을 준비했습니다?