syeocheureul darimjilhago naseo osjange georeo dueosseo.

destination particle

Breakdown of syeocheureul darimjilhago naseo osjange georeo dueosseo.

• ~를: object particle
• ~고 나서: after
• 걸어 두다: to hang up

Questions & Answers about syeocheureul darimjilhago naseo osjange georeo dueosseo.

Why is it 다림질하고 나서 instead of just 다림질하고?

-하고 나서 means after doing X, then... and makes the order of actions very explicit.

So:

• 다림질하고 나서 옷장에 걸어 두었어 = After ironing the shirt, I hung it in the closet.
• 다림질하고 옷장에 걸어 두었어 also works, but it can sound a little more like a simple sequence: I ironed it and hung it in the closet.

Using -고 나서 emphasizes that the second action happened only after the first one was completed.

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What exactly is 다림질하다?

다림질하다 means to iron or to do the ironing.

It is made from:

• 다림질 = ironing
• 하다 = to do

This is a very common Korean pattern:

• 공부하다 = to study
• 청소하다 = to clean
• 요리하다 = to cook
• 다림질하다 = to iron

So in the sentence, 셔츠를 다림질하고 나서 literally means after doing the ironing of the shirt.

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Why does 셔츠 take 를?

를 marks the direct object of the verb.

Here, the shirt is the thing being ironed: