pyojipaneul bogo oenjjogeuro gaseyo.

to go

Breakdown of pyojipaneul bogo oenjjogeuro gaseyo.

• ~을: object particle
• 보다: to look at
• ~으로: direction particle

Questions & Answers about pyojipaneul bogo oenjjogeuro gaseyo.

What is the role of 보고 in this sentence?

보고 is the verb 보다 (to see / to look at) plus -고, a connector ending.

Here it means something like:

• look at the sign and...
• after looking at the sign...

So 표지판을 보고 왼쪽으로 가세요 literally works like:

• Look at the sign, and go left
• or After checking the sign, go left

In this sentence, -고 links the first action to the next one.

Why does 표지판 take 을?

Because 보다 normally takes a direct object, and 을/를 marks that object.

So:

• 표지판을 보다 = to look at the sign
• 영화를 보다 = to watch a movie
• 책을 보다 = to read/look at a book

Even though English uses look at, Korean uses the verb 보다, which treats the thing seen as a direct object.

That is why you get 표지판을 보고, not 표지판이 보고.

Why is it 왼쪽으로 and not 왼쪽에?