hakgyoeseo deureun somuni jinjjainji gijacheoreom baro hwaginhae bogo sipeo.

Here, 학교에서 means at school or from what I heard at school.

The particle 에서 is used because it marks the place where an action happens. The action is 들은 (heard), so the sentence is talking about a rumor heard at school.

• 학교에 = to school / at school, depending on context, but often more about location or destination
• 학교에서 = at school, as the place where something happens

So 학교에서 들은 소문 is the rumor I heard at school.

Because Korean uses a clause before a noun to describe that noun.

So 들은 소문 literally means the rumor [that someone] heard.

More specifically:

• 듣다 = to hear
• 들은 = heard / that was heard

In Korean, instead of saying the rumor that I heard, you put the verb form before the noun:

• 학교에서 들은 소문
• literally: at school heard rumor
• natural English: the rumor I heard at school

This is a very common Korean pattern.

들은 is the noun-modifying form of 듣다 in the past.

The basic idea is:

• 듣다 = to hear
• past noun-modifying form = 들은 = heard / that I heard

This happens because 듣다 is an irregular ㄷ verb. When a vowel follows, the ㄷ changes to ㄹ.

So:

• 듣 + 은 would be expected
• but because of the irregular change, it becomes 들은

You do not need to memorize every step mechanically at first, but it is good to recognize that 들은 소문 means a rumor that was heard / a rumor I heard.

Because 소문 is the subject of the embedded clause 진짜인지.

The sentence is not saying I verify the rumor directly in a simple way. It is saying I want to verify whether the rumor is true.

So inside that whether... clause:

• 소문이 진짜이다 = the rumor is true

That is why 소문 takes the subject marker 이.

You can think of it like this:

• main action: 확인해 보고 싶어 = want to check
• what is being checked: 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜인지 = whether the rumor I heard at school is true

진짜인지 means whether it is true / whether it is real.

Breakdown:

• 진짜 = real, true
• 이다 = to be
• -인지 = whether it is ...

So:

• 진짜이다 = it is true / it is real
• 진짜인지 = whether it is true

This -인지 form is very common when talking about uncertainty or something you want to find out:

• 사실인지 모르겠어 = I do not know whether it is true
• 맞는지 확인해 = check whether it is correct

Here, 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜인지 means whether the rumor I heard at school is true.

Because 진짜 here behaves like a noun-like predicate with 이다.

So the underlying form is:

• 소문이 진짜이다 = the rumor is true

When you attach whether, you use -인지 with 이다:

• 진짜인지 = whether it is true

You would not say 진짜한지 here.

A useful shortcut:

• after 이다 nouns: use 인지
• after descriptive verbs/adjectives: use -ㄴ지 / -은지
• after action verbs: use -는지

So this sentence correctly uses 인지.

기자처럼 means like a reporter or as a reporter would.

• 기자 = reporter / journalist
• 처럼 = like, as if, in the manner of

It adds the nuance of checking something quickly and directly, like a journalist verifying a story.

So it is not just I want to check. It is more like:

• I want to check right away, like a reporter would

This gives the sentence a vivid, slightly playful tone.

바로 means right away, immediately, or sometimes directly.

In this sentence, it emphasizes speed and immediacy:

• 확인하고 싶어 = I want to check
• 바로 확인하고 싶어 = I want to check right away

So the speaker is not saying they want to wait or think about it later. They want to verify the rumor immediately.

Because -아/어 보다 adds the idea of trying something or doing it to see what happens.

So:

• 확인하고 싶어 = I want to check
• 확인해 보고 싶어 = I want to try checking / I want to check and see

This often sounds a little more natural and exploratory. The speaker is expressing a desire to personally verify it.

So the nuance is slightly softer and more experiential:

• not just I want to check
• but I want to go ahead and check it for myself

No. In this sentence, 보다 is not the main verb to see.

Instead, it is part of the auxiliary construction -아/어 보다, which means to try doing.

So:

• 확인해 보다 = to try checking
• 확인해 보고 싶어 = to want to try checking

This is different from the very common expression:

• 영화 보고 싶어 = I want to see a movie

In your sentence, the meaning is not I want to see checking. It is I want to try checking.

It is an embedded clause meaning whether the rumor I heard at school is true.

You can break it into layers:

1. 학교에서 들은 소문
   = the rumor I heard at school

2. 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜이다
   = the rumor I heard at school is true

3. 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜인지
   = whether the rumor I heard at school is true

That whole chunk becomes the content being checked:

• 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜인지 확인해 보고 싶어
• I want to try checking whether the rumor I heard at school is true

This kind of clause-packing is very normal in Korean.

싶어 is the casual, plain-style ending.

So this sentence sounds like something you would say to:

• a friend
• someone younger
• yourself
• in an informal inner-thought style

If you wanted to make it polite, you could say:

• 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜인지 기자처럼 바로 확인해 보고 싶어요.

That means the same thing, but sounds more polite.

Yes. Korean often leaves the subject unstated when it is obvious from context.

So even though there is no explicit 나는, the sentence naturally means:

• I want to try checking right away, like a reporter, whether the rumor I heard at school is true

If you added 나는, it would still be fine:

• 나는 학교에서 들은 소문이 진짜인지 기자처럼 바로 확인해 보고 싶어.

But Korean usually omits it unless there is a reason to emphasize it.