gyeonjeokseoreul meonjeo batgo suribireul cheongguhaesseoyo.

I received the estimate first and claimed the repair cost.

Breakdown of gyeonjeokseoreul meonjeo batgo suribireul cheongguhaesseoyo.

• 받다: to receive
• 먼저: first
• 수리비: the repair cost
• 견적서: the written estimate

Questions & Answers about gyeonjeokseoreul meonjeo batgo suribireul cheongguhaesseoyo.

What does -고 in 받고 mean here?

Here -고 links two actions: 받다 → 받고, then 청구했어요.

So the sentence has the pattern:

• 견적서를 먼저 받고 = receive the estimate first
• 수리비를 청구했어요 = then charged/billed the repair cost

In this sentence, -고 is basically and / and then. It often connects actions in sequence.

So the flow is:

1. get the estimate
2. charge the repair cost

Why is 받고 not in the past tense, even though the whole sentence is in the past?

In Korean, when two actions are connected with -고, usually only the final verb shows the tense clearly.

So:

• 받고
• 청구했어요

still means:

• received the estimate
• charged the repair cost

Even though 받고 itself is not marked as past, the past tense of the final verb 청구했어요 usually carries over to the whole sequence.

This is very common in Korean.

What does 먼저 do in this sentence?