jumare mueoseul haeyo?

What do you do on weekends?

Breakdown of jumare mueoseul haeyo?

• 하다: to do
• ~을: object particle
• 주말: weekend
• ~에: time particle
• 무엇: what

Questions & Answers about jumare mueoseul haeyo?

What is the function of 에 in 주말에?

The particle 에 marks a specific point in time. So 주말에 means “on the weekend.”

What does 무엇을 mean, and why is 을 attached?

무엇 means “what.” The marker 을 indicates the direct object of the verb. Together, 무엇을 means “what (object).”

Can I use 뭐 or 뭘 instead of 무엇을?

Yes. 뭐 is an informal contraction of 무엇, and 뭘 is a contraction of 무엇을. In casual speech you can say 주말에 뭐 해요? or 주말에 뭘 해요?

Why does the sentence end with 해요?

해요 is the polite present-tense form of 하다 (“to do”). The -요 ending makes the question polite.

What is the implied subject in this question?

Korean often omits the subject when it’s understood. Here, the implied subject is “you,” so it means “What do you do on the weekend?”

Can I change the tense to past or future?

Yes. For past tense use 주말에 무엇을 했어요? (“What did you do on the weekend?”). For future tense use 주말에 무엇을 할 거예요? (“What will you do on the weekend?”).

Is the word order in Korean fixed like this?

Korean generally follows Subject-Object-Verb order. Time expressions like 주말에 usually come first, the object 무엇을 before the verb 해요. Other orders can be used for emphasis, but this is the most common.

What if I want to emphasize the weekend as the topic?

You can use the topic marker 은/는: 주말은 무엇을 해요? This frames “weekend” as the topic, slightly shifting the focus.

Can I say 이번 주말에 instead of 주말에?

Absolutely. 이번 means “this,” so 이번 주말에 무엇을 해요? specifically asks “What are you doing this weekend?”

Why use 하다 instead of a more specific verb?

When you’re asking generally “What do you do?” you use 하다. If you want to ask about a specific action, you’d choose a more precise verb, like 보내다 (“to spend [time]”): 주말에 어떻게 보내요?.