uriga nanun daehwa-eseo saeroun eohwireul baewosseoyo.

I learned new vocabulary from the conversation we had.

Breakdown of uriga nanun daehwa-eseo saeroun eohwireul baewosseoyo.

• ~을: object particle
• ~에서: location particle
• ~가: subject particle
• 우리: we

Questions & Answers about uriga nanun daehwa-eseo saeroun eohwireul baewosseoyo.

Why is 우리가 used here instead of 우리는?

우리가 marks the subject of 나누다 inside the relative clause modifying 대화. It uses the subject particle 가 because “the conversation that we had” needs a clear subject for 나눴다. If you used 우리는, you’d be marking the topic of the whole sentence, which shifts the nuance away from specifying “the conversation we shared.”

What is the role of 나눈 before 대화?

나눈 is the past-adnominal form of the verb 나누다. In Korean, attaching -ㄴ/은 to a verb stem turns it into an adjective that describes a noun. So 우리가 나눈 대화 literally means “the conversation that we shared/had.”

Why is 에서 attached to 대화? Could I use 중에 or 후에 instead?

대화에서 indicates “in/during the conversation,” marking the context or time when the learning occurred.

• 대화 중에 also means “during the conversation” and is interchangeable here.
• 대화를 나눈 후에 means “after the conversation,” which changes the time reference to something happening once the conversation ended.

What’s the difference between 대화에서 배웠어요 and 선생님에게 배웠어요?