samchoni bonae jun sajineul bonikka badasga-eseo aideuri aju jaemiissge nolgo issdeora.

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Breakdown of samchoni bonae jun sajineul bonikka badasga-eseo aideuri aju jaemiissge nolgo issdeora.

• ~이: subject particle
• ~을: object particle
• ~에서: location particle

Questions & Answers about samchoni bonae jun sajineul bonikka badasga-eseo aideuri aju jaemiissge nolgo issdeora.

What does 보내 준 mean here, and why is 주다 used?

보내 준 is from 보내 주다, literally to send and give. In Korean, 주다 is often added after another verb to show that the action is done for someone’s benefit.

So:

• 보내다 = to send
• 보내 주다 = to send for someone / to send to someone as a favor

In this sentence, 삼촌이 보내 준 사진 means the photo(s) my uncle sent me/us.
It sounds more personal than just 삼촌이 보낸 사진, which would simply mean the photo(s) Uncle sent.

So the 준 part adds the nuance that the uncle sent the photos to the speaker or to someone connected to the speaker.

Why is it 보내 준 사진 instead of 보내준 사진?

Modern standard spacing writes this as 보내 준 사진.

Here is the breakdown:

• 보내 = verb stem of 보내다 connected in a linking form
• 준 = modifier form of 주다

Because 주다 is functioning as an auxiliary verb after another verb, it is commonly written separately:

• 보내 주다
• 도와 주다
• 가르쳐 주다

In actual writing, you may sometimes see forms like 보내준, but 보내 준 is the standard spacing.

What does 사진을 보니까 mean exactly?