hyudaepone bimilbeonhoreul seoljeonghaeyo.

object particle

Breakdown of hyudaepone bimilbeonhoreul seoljeonghaeyo.

• ~에: location particle
• 휴대폰: cell phone
• 비밀번호: password

Questions & Answers about hyudaepone bimilbeonhoreul seoljeonghaeyo.

Why is 휴대폰 followed by 에 instead of 에서?

In this sentence, 에 marks the target or location “on” which you configure something—in this case, your phone. You use 에 when you want to say “set/configure X on Y.”

• 에서 would emphasize where the action takes place (“I’m at the phone setting”), but here you’re focusing on the phone as the object being configured.

What does 비밀번호 literally mean, and how is it constructed?

비밀번호 is a Sino-Korean compound:

• 비(非) = not
• 밀(密) = secret
• 번호(番号) = number
  So literally “secret-number,” i.e. “password” or “PIN.”

Why do we use 설정해요 here? What does 설정하다 mean?

설정하다 means “to set,” “to configure,” or “to establish.” In tech or daily life, you use it whenever you choose or customize a setting:

• 컴퓨터에 폰트를 설정해요. (I set a font on the computer.)
• 알람 시간을 설정해요. (I set an alarm time.)

Why is -를 used after 비밀번호?

-를 (or -을) is the object marker in Korean. It tells you that is the direct object of —the thing being set.