chinguga sajineul jjigeo jwosseoyo.

object particle

Breakdown of chinguga sajineul jjigeo jwosseoyo.

• 친구: friend
• ~가: subject particle
• 사진: picture

Questions & Answers about chinguga sajineul jjigeo jwosseoyo.

Why is 가 used after 친구?

가 is the subject marker. It marks 친구 as the person who performed the action.

So in this sentence:

• 친구가 = the friend / my friend (as the subject)
• 사진을 = the photo (as the object)
• 찍어 줬어요 = took it for someone

A learner often compares 가 with 는. Here, 친구가 sounds like it was my friend who did it or simply introduces friend as the subject. If you changed it to 친구는, the nuance would shift more toward as for my friend... or contrast.

What does 사진을 찍다 literally mean?

The basic verb is 찍다, which literally has meanings like to 찍/press/shoot/mark, depending on context. With 사진, the expression 사진을 찍다 means to take a picture.

So even though English uses take, Korean uses 찍다.

Examples:

• 사진을 찍어요 = take a picture
• 사진을 많이 찍었어요 = took a lot of pictures

This is just the normal Korean expression, so it is best learned as a set phrase: 사진을 찍다.

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