sae iusege yeonrakcheoreul mureobwasseoyo.

Here, 새 means new.

So 새 이웃 means new neighbor.

Korean learners often notice that 새 can also mean bird, but that is a different word with the same spelling. In this sentence, because 새 comes directly before a noun, it is understood as new.

• 새 이웃 = new neighbor
• 새 책 = new book

If it meant bird, the sentence structure would be completely different.

Both are possible, but 새 이웃 is very natural and common.

• 새 이웃 = new neighbor
• 새로운 이웃 = new neighbor / a new neighbor

The difference is mostly about style and feeling:

• 새 is a short, common modifier used directly before nouns.
• 새로운 comes from 새롭다 and can sound a little more descriptive or formal depending on context.

In everyday speech, 새 이웃 sounds perfectly normal.

이웃 means neighbor.

It can refer to:

• a person living nearby
• neighbors in general
• sometimes even neighboring countries or communities, depending on context

In this sentence, 새 이웃 most naturally means the new neighbor or a new neighbor.

Korean often does not force you to choose between a and the, so the exact English article depends on context.

에게 marks the person who receives the action or the person the action is directed toward.

So in:

새 이웃에게 연락처를 물어봤어요

the asking is directed to the new neighbor.

You can think of 에게 here as meaning something like:

• to
• of
• from, depending on how the English sentence is phrased

Natural English translations include:

• I asked the new neighbor for their contact information.
• I asked the new neighbor what their contact information was.

Yes. 한테 would be very natural in everyday conversation.

• 새 이웃에게 연락처를 물어봤어요
• 새 이웃한테 연락처를 물어봤어요

Both mean the same thing.

The difference is mainly tone:

• 에게 = a bit more neutral or slightly more formal
• 한테 = more casual and conversational

So if you are speaking casually but politely, 한테 is very common.

Because 연락처 is the thing being asked about.

In this sentence:

• 새 이웃에게 = to the new neighbor
• 연락처를 = contact information
• 물어봤어요 = asked

So the structure is basically:

I asked [the new neighbor] [the contact information].

In more natural English, we usually say:

• I asked the new neighbor for their contact information.

But Korean marks 연락처 as the object of the verb with 를.

연락처 means contact information or contact details.

It often refers to:

• a phone number
• sometimes an email address
• or a way to reach someone in general

So it is broader than just phone number.

If you wanted to say specifically phone number, you could say:

• 전화번호

So:

• 연락처를 물어봤어요 = I asked for their contact info
• 전화번호를 물어봤어요 = I asked for their phone number

물어봤어요 is the past polite form of 물어보다.

Breaking it down:

• 묻다 = to ask
• 물어보다 = to ask, to try asking
• 물어봤어요 = asked / tried asking

The 보다 part literally means to try or to see, and in many verbs it adds the sense of trying something. But in everyday Korean, 물어보다 is extremely common and often just feels like the normal way to say ask.

So in this sentence, 물어봤어요 is most naturally understood as:

• I asked

not necessarily:

• I tried asking

That extra nuance may or may not be important depending on context.

Yes.

• 물었어요 = asked
• 물어봤어요 = asked / tried asking

Both are grammatical.

The difference is that 물어봤어요 is often a little softer and very common in real conversation. It can suggest I went ahead and asked or I tried asking.

So:

• 새 이웃에게 연락처를 물었어요 = I asked the new neighbor for their contact info.
• 새 이웃에게 연락처를 물어봤어요 = I asked the new neighbor for their contact info. / I tried asking the new neighbor for their contact info.

In many everyday situations, the difference is small.

물어봤어요 ends in -어요, which is the standard polite speech level.

It is polite but not formal-stiff.

So this sentence would be appropriate in many normal situations, such as:

• talking to someone you do not know very closely
• casual polite conversation
• speaking to a teacher, coworker, or acquaintance in a normal setting

If you wanted a more formal style, you could say:

• 새 이웃에게 연락처를 물어봤습니다.

Because Korean often leaves out the subject when it is clear from context.

So:

새 이웃에게 연락처를 물어봤어요

very naturally implies something like:

• I asked the new neighbor for their contact information.

But depending on context, it could also mean:

• we asked
• he/she asked

Korean does this all the time. If the listener already knows who did the action, the subject is usually omitted.

It is pronounced roughly like:

mu-reo-bwa-sseo-yo

In faster natural speech, it often sounds a bit smoother, closer to:

무러봐써요

That is just pronunciation flow, not a different spelling.

So the full sentence sounds roughly like:

새 이우세게 연락처를 무러봐써요

The exact pronunciation can vary a little by speaker, but that should help you recognize it when listening.