jigeum taekbaega waseo hyeongwan ape sangjareul dugo gasseo.

to go

Breakdown of jigeum taekbaega waseo hyeongwan ape sangjareul dugo gasseo.

• ~를: object particle
• ~가: subject particle
• 오다: to come

Questions & Answers about jigeum taekbaega waseo hyeongwan ape sangjareul dugo gasseo.

Why does 지금 appear in a sentence that is talking about something that already happened?

In Korean, 지금 does not only mean now in the strict present-time sense. It can also mean just now or a moment ago.

So in this sentence, 지금 택배가 와서... 갔어 means something like:

• The delivery just came and left...
• A delivery came a moment ago and left...

This is very natural in Korean. English learners often expect 지금 to only work with present tense, but Korean uses it more flexibly.

What does 택배가 mean here? Is 택배 the package or the delivery person?

Here, 택배 most naturally refers to the delivery / the courier service, and by extension often the delivery person.

In everyday Korean, people often say things like:

• 택배 왔어. = The delivery came.
• 택배가 왔어. = The delivery arrived / the courier came.

Even though 택배 literally relates to parcel delivery, in casual speech it can stand in for 택배 기사 (delivery driver/courier).

That is why the sentence can then continue with 상자를 두고 갔어 (left a box and went). The implied meaning is:

• The delivery person came and left a box in front of the entrance.

Why is it 택배가, not 택배는?