Breakdown of chinguege sajin han jangeul boyeo jwoyo.
Questions & Answers about chinguege sajin han jangeul boyeo jwoyo.
-에게 marks the person who receives the action, similar to to in English.
So in 친구에게, it means to a friend or to the friend.
In this sentence, the friend is the person the photo is being shown to, not the thing being shown.
Related forms:
- 한테: more conversational, very common in speech
- 께: honorific, used for someone deserving respect
So:
- 친구에게 = neutral/written-style to a friend
- 친구한테 = casual-spoken to a friend
- 선생님께 = to the teacher (honorific)
Korean usually uses a counter when counting nouns.
Here:
- 사진 = photo
- 한 = one
- 장 = counter for flat things like sheets of paper, photos, tickets, cards, etc.
So 사진 한 장 literally means photo one sheet/item, which is the normal Korean way to say one photo.
Using 하나 directly with many nouns is possible in some casual situations, but with specific items like photos, the counter expression 한 장 is the more natural choice.