naeil sikdang yeyageun miri hae nohasseoyo.

I made the restaurant reservation in advance for tomorrow.

Breakdown of naeil sikdang yeyageun miri hae nohasseoyo.

• 내일: tomorrow
• ~은: topic particle
• 식당: restaurant
• 예약: reservation

Questions & Answers about naeil sikdang yeyageun miri hae nohasseoyo.

What does 해 놓았어요 mean here, and how is it different from just 했어요?

해 놓았어요 comes from 해 놓다, which literally means to do something and leave it in that completed state.

So in this sentence, 예약은 미리 해 놓았어요 does not just mean I made the reservation. It suggests:

• the reservation was made ahead of time
• it is already taken care of
• the result is still in place now

By contrast, 예약했어요 simply means I made the reservation and does not emphasize the idea of having it prepared and set up in advance.

A natural English feeling is:

• 예약했어요 = I made the reservation
• 예약해 놓았어요 = I’ve already made the reservation and it’s all set

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Why is it 예약은 instead of 예약을?

The particle 은 is the topic marker, while 을 is the object marker.

Here, 예약은 means something like:

• as for the reservation
• the reservation, at least
• regarding the reservation

This often adds a slight sense of contrast or topical focus. For example, it can imply something like:

• As for tomorrow’s restaurant reservation, I already made it in advance.

If you said 예약을 미리 해 놓았어요, that would also be grammatical, but it would sound more like a straightforward statement about the object.

So:

• 예약을 = focuses more directly on the object of the verb
• 예약은 = introduces the reservation as the topic, often with a subtle contrastive nuance

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