Breakdown of dongjjoge sani boyeoyo.
Questions & Answers about dongjjoge sani boyeoyo.
동쪽에 = “to/at the east” (동쪽 + location particle 에)
산이 = “mountain(s)” marked as the subject by particle 이
보여요 = present polite form of 보이다, “to be visible” or “to appear”
Put together, it literally means “Mountains are visible in the east,” i.e. “I can see mountains to the east.”
• 보다 = “to see” (active verb; you look at something).
• 보이다 = “to be seen” or “to appear” (intransitive/passive nuance: something comes into view).
Example:
– 저는 산을 봐요. → I look at the mountain.
– 산이 보여요. → The mountain is visible / I can see the mountain.
That sentence uses 보여 주다 (“to show [something] to someone”).
• 동쪽에 = “in the east”
• 산을 = “mountain” as an object (with 을)
• 보여 줘요 = “(I) show [it]”
It would mean “(I/they) show the mountain in the east [to someone],” which is quite different from “I can see mountains.” You’d only use 보여 주다 when you’re physically showing something to another person.