oneul doseogwaneseo chingureul dasi mannaseo jeongmal bangawosseoyo.

location particle

Breakdown of oneul doseogwaneseo chingureul dasi mannaseo jeongmal bangawosseoyo.

• 친구: friend
• ~를: object particle
• 만나다: to meet

Questions & Answers about oneul doseogwaneseo chingureul dasi mannaseo jeongmal bangawosseoyo.

Why is 오늘 at the beginning of the sentence?

오늘 means today, and time expressions in Korean often come near the beginning of the sentence.

So:

• 오늘 = today
• 도서관에서 = at the library
• 친구를 다시 만나서 = meeting my friend again
• 정말 반가웠어요 = I was really glad / it was really nice

This is a very natural Korean order: time + place + object + verb-related parts.

English usually has a more fixed word order, but Korean is more flexible. Putting 오늘 first helps set the scene right away.

What does 도서관에서 mean, and why is 에서 used?

도서관 means library, and 에서 marks the place where an action happens.

So:

• 도서관 = library
• 도서관에서 = at the library / in the library

In this sentence, the action is meeting someone, and that action happened at the library, so 에서 is the correct particle.

Compare:

• 도서관에서 공부했어요. = I studied at the library.
• 도서관에서 친구를 만났어요. = I met a friend at the library.

Why is it 친구를 and not 친구가 or 친구는?