neoneun hyudaeponeul jaju sseo?

Do you often use your cell phone?

Breakdown of neoneun hyudaeponeul jaju sseo?

• ~을: object particle
• ~는: topic particle
• 너: you
• 휴대폰: cell phone

Questions & Answers about neoneun hyudaeponeul jaju sseo?

What is the role of 는 after 너?

는 is the topic marker. It marks 너 (“you”) as the topic of the sentence, roughly “As for you …”. It sets up what you’re going to ask or say about “you.”

Why is 휴대폰을 used with 을?

을 is the object particle. Because 휴대폰 ends in a consonant, you attach 을 to indicate that “mobile phone” is the direct object of the verb: “use the phone.”

What does 써 mean in this context?

써 is the informal present tense form of the verb 쓰다, meaning “to use.” So 너는 휴대폰을 자주 써? asks, “Do you use your phone often?”

Why is 쓰다 conjugated to 써 instead of 쓰어?

When a verb stem ends in ㅡ, Korean drops the ㅡ before adding 어. Thus 쓰 + 어 contracts to 써.

Why isn’t there a 요 at the end of the sentence?

This is informal casual speech (해체), used among close friends or younger people. To make it polite, you’d add , e.g.,