Breakdown of boksahan seoryureul gyosunimkke jechulhaesseoyo.
~를~reul
object particle
복사하다boksahada
to copy
서류seoryu
document
교수님gyosunim
professor
Questions & Answers about boksahan seoryureul gyosunimkke jechulhaesseoyo.
Why is 복사한 서류 used instead of 복사된 서류?
- 복사한 is the active attributive form of the verb 복사하다, meaning “(I) copied.” It literally describes “the documents that I copied.”
- 복사된 is the passive attributive form “the documents that were copied,” with a focus on the result rather than who did it.
- Both are grammatically correct; use 복사한 서류 when you want to highlight that you (the speaker) performed the copying.
What role does -한 play in 복사한 서류?
- In Korean, you turn a verb into an adjective-like modifier by adding -ㄴ/-은 (for past actions) or -는 (for ongoing/future) to the verb stem.
- 복사하다 → stem 복사하- → remove 다, add -ㄴ → 복사한.
- This makes it “[the] copied documents,” where 복사한 directly modifies 서류.
Why is the object marker 를 attached to 서류?
- 서류를 marks 서류 as the direct object of the verb 제출하다 (“to submit”).
- In SOV word order, the object comes before the verb and must carry -를/을 to show it’s being acted upon.
Why is 교수님께 used, rather than 교수님을 or 교수님에게?