yemuneul bomyeon i munbeobi swipge ihaedwaeyo.

subject particle

Breakdown of yemuneul bomyeon i munbeobi swipge ihaedwaeyo.

• ~을: object particle
• 이: this
• 보다: to look at

Questions & Answers about yemuneul bomyeon i munbeobi swipge ihaedwaeyo.

Why is 보면 used here, and what does it mean?

보면 is the -면 form of 보다 (to see / to look at), so it literally means if you look at or when you look at.

In this sentence, 예문을 보면 means:

• if you look at the example sentences
• or more naturally, when you look at the examples

This -면 ending is often used not only for strict if situations, but also for something like when you do this, this happens.

So the structure is:

• 예문을 보면 = when/if you look at example sentences
• 이 문법이 쉽게 이해돼요 = this grammar is easily understood / becomes easy to understand

Together, the sentence means something like: When you look at example sentences, this grammar becomes easy to understand.

Why is it 예문을 보면 and not 예문이 보면?

Because 예문 is the object of 보다 (to look at / to see), so it takes the object particle 을.

• 예문을 보다 = to look at example sentences
• 예문이 보다 would be wrong here

So:

• 예문을 = the example sentences as the thing being looked at
• 보면 = if/when you look at

This is a very common pattern in Korean:

• 책을 보면 = if/when you look at the book
• 그림을 보면 = if/when you look at the picture

Why is it 이 문법이 instead of 이 문법을?