Word
이 식당을 친구에게 추천했어요.i sikdangeul chinguege chucheonhaesseoyo.
Meaning
I recommended this restaurant to a friend.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of i sikdangeul chinguege chucheonhaesseoyo.
~을~eul
object particle
친구chingu
friend
이i
this
식당sikdang
restaurant
Questions & Answers about i sikdangeul chinguege chucheonhaesseoyo.
What does the particle 을 do in 이 식당을?
The particle 을 marks 이 식당 as the direct object – the thing you are recommending. Without it, the verb 추천했어요 wouldn’t know what is being recommended.
Why is 에게 used after 친구 in 친구에게?
에게 marks the indirect object or recipient of the action – in this case, your friend. You are “recommending to” someone. Informally, you could also use 한테 (친구한테).
What is the structure of the verb 추천했어요?
- The base verb is 추천하다 (to recommend).
- Drop -다 → 추천하-.
- Change -하- to -했- for past tense.
- Add the polite ending -어요 → 추천했어요 (I recommended).
Why does the verb appear at the end of the sentence?
Korean follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order. Even when you drop the subject (common in Korean), the verb still comes last.
Can you omit the subject in 이 식당을 친구에게 추천했어요?