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가격표가 잘 안 보여서 점원에게 다시 물어봤어.gagyeokpyoga jal an boyeoseo jeomwonege dasi mureobwasseo.
Meaning
I couldn’t see the price tag well, so I asked the clerk again.
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Breakdown of gagyeokpyoga jal an boyeoseo jeomwonege dasi mureobwasseo.
~가~ga
subject particle
~에게~ege
dative particle
안an
not
다시dasi
again
Questions & Answers about gagyeokpyoga jal an boyeoseo jeomwonege dasi mureobwasseo.
Why is it 가격표가 and not 가격표를?
Because 가격표 is the thing that wasn’t visible, not the direct object of the main verb.
In 가격표가 잘 안 보여서:
- 가격표가 = the price tag is the subject of 보이다 (to be visible / to be seen)
- So the idea is not I didn’t see the price tag in a direct, active way.
- It is more like the price tag wasn’t showing clearly or wasn’t visible well.
That is why 가 sounds natural here.
What does 잘 안 보여서 mean exactly?
잘 안 보여서 literally means something like:
- 잘 = well, clearly
- 안 = not
- 보여서 = because it was visible / because it could be seen
Put together, it means:
- because I couldn’t see it well
- because it wasn’t clearly visible
In natural English, 잘 안 보이다 is often translated as:
- to be hard to see
- to not be visible clearly
- to not show up well
So this part is expressing the reason for asking the clerk again.
Why does Korean use 보여서 instead of 봐서 here?