nuga beonhopaneul jjigeosseoyo?

to take a photo

Breakdown of nuga beonhopaneul jjigeosseoyo?

• 번호판: the license plate
• 누구: who

Questions & Answers about nuga beonhopaneul jjigeosseoyo?

Why is it 누가 and not 누구가?

누가 is the normal form of 누구 + -가.

• 누구 = who
• -가 = subject marker

When 누구 takes -가, it usually becomes 누가 in natural Korean.

So:

• 누가 왔어요? = Who came?
• 누가 번호판을 찍었어요? = Who took a picture of the license plate?

You can think of 누가 as the standard subject form of who.

What is 번호판 exactly?

번호판 means license plate or number plate.

It is made of:

• 번호 = number
• 판 = plate/board

So literally it is something like number plate. In everyday Korean, this usually refers to a vehicle’s license plate.

Why does 번호판 have -을 after it?

The -을 is the object marker.

• 번호판 = license plate
• 번호판을 = the license plate (as the thing being acted on)

In this sentence, the verb is 찍었어요, so 번호판 is the thing that was photographed.

So the structure is:

• 누가 = who (subject)
• 번호판을 = the license plate (object)
• 찍었어요 = took a picture / photographed