Breakdown of undonghwareul beosgo hyeongwane duseyo.
~를~reul
object particle
~에~e
location particle
두다duda
to leave
현관hyeongwan
entrance
Questions & Answers about undonghwareul beosgo hyeongwane duseyo.
What does 운동화 mean here? Does it specifically mean sneakers?
Yes. 운동화 literally means athletic shoes or sports shoes, and in everyday English sneakers is usually the best translation.
A few notes:
- 운동 = exercise, sports
- 화 = shoe (this appears in some Sino-Korean words)
So 운동화 is a very common word for casual athletic shoes.
Also, even though English often says sneakers in the plural, Korean usually does not mark plural here. 운동화 can refer to one shoe, a pair of shoes, or shoes in general depending on context.
Why is it 운동화를 and not just 운동화?
The 를 is the object particle.
In this sentence, the shoes are the thing being acted on:
- 운동화를 벗고 = take off the sneakers
- 운동화를 ... 두세요 = leave/place the sneakers ...
So 운동화 is the direct object, and 를 marks that.
Because 운동화 ends in a vowel, it takes 를 rather than 을.
What does 벗고 mean exactly?