jeo deungsangaegege mokjeokjikkaji gireul dasi mureoboja.

Here, 저 means that and modifies the noun 등산객.

So 저 등산객 = that hiker / that mountaineer over there.

This is different from the pronoun 저 meaning I/me in humble speech. You can tell the difference by position:

• 저 등산객 → that hiker (저 is a determiner before a noun)
• 저는 학생이에요 → I am a student (저 is a pronoun by itself)

In this sentence, because 저 comes directly before 등산객, it clearly means that.

에게 marks the person to whom an action is directed. With 묻다 / 물어보다, it marks the person you ask.

So:

• 등산객에게 물어보다 = ask the hiker
• more literally, ask to the hiker

A natural English translation does not usually say ask to, but Korean uses 에게 to mark that target person.

You may also see:

• 한테 — more casual
• 께 — honorific, used for someone deserving respect

For example:

• 친구한테 물어보자 = Let’s ask a friend.
• 선생님께 물어보세요 = Please ask the teacher.

길을 물어보다 is a very common Korean expression meaning to ask for directions.

Literally, it is something like ask the road/path, but in natural English that becomes ask for directions or ask how to get somewhere.

Breakdown:

• 길 = road, way, route, directions
• 을 = object marker
• 물어보다 = ask / try asking

So 길을 물어보다 does not mean you are asking the road itself a question. It is just the standard Korean way to say ask someone for directions.

목적지까지 means up to the destination or, more naturally, to the destination.

Breakdown:

• 목적지 = destination
• 까지 = until, up to, as far as

In a directions context, A까지 길 means the way to A or the route as far as A.

So:

• 목적지까지 길을 물어보다 = ask for the way to the destination

Using 까지 emphasizes the route all the way to that point. It sounds very natural when talking about directions.

다시 means again.

In this sentence, it modifies 물어보자, so the idea is:

• let’s ask again
• let’s ask for directions again

Word placement in Korean is fairly flexible with adverbs like 다시, so these can all sound natural depending on emphasis:

• 길을 다시 물어보자
• 다시 길을 물어보자
• 저 등산객에게 다시 목적지까지 길을 물어보자

Here, 다시 tells you the asking is being repeated, not that the destination is repeated or the hiker is repeated.

Both are possible, but 물어보자 is very common and often sounds more natural in everyday speech.

It comes from:

• 묻다 = to ask
• -어 보다 = to try doing something

So:

• 묻다 → 물어보다 = ask / try asking

Because 묻다 is a ㄷ-irregular verb, 묻- becomes 물어- before a vowel:

• dictionary form: 묻다
• conjugated: 물어요
• combined form: 물어보다

Nuance:

• 묻자 = let’s ask
• 물어보자 = let’s ask / let’s try asking

In many real-life situations, -아/어 보다 softens the action a bit and makes it feel like a practical suggestion: let’s see by asking.

-자 is the plain-form ending for making a suggestion: let’s ...

So:

• 물어보자 = let’s ask
• 가자 = let’s go
• 먹자 = let’s eat

It is usually used when speaking casually to someone you are on familiar terms with, or in inner speech like talking to yourself: Okay, let’s do this.

A more polite version would be:

• 물어봅시다 = Let’s ask.

It is not rude, but it is in the plain/casual style because it ends in -자.

So the overall register is:

• natural for talking to a friend, family member, or yourself
• not the most polite choice for speaking to a stranger or in formal conversation

If you wanted to make the same suggestion politely, you could say:

• 저 등산객에게 목적지까지 길을 다시 물어봅시다.

That means the same thing, but with a more polite tone.

Korean often omits subjects when they are obvious from context.

Because the verb ends in -자, the implied subject is naturally we:

• 물어보자 = let’s ask → implicitly we

So Korean does not need to say 우리는 unless there is a special reason to emphasize it.

This is very normal in Korean. Subjects, objects, and other parts are often omitted when the meaning is clear.

Yes, Korean word order is different from English. A helpful literal breakdown is:

• 저 등산객에게 = to that hiker
• 목적지까지 = to the destination / up to the destination
• 길을 = the way / directions
• 다시 = again
• 물어보자 = let’s ask

So the sentence is roughly:

• To that hiker, the way to the destination, again, let’s ask.

That sounds unnatural in English, but it is normal Korean structure. Korean usually puts most information before the verb, and the verb comes at the end.

등산객 usually means a hiker or a person who is hiking/climbing a mountain.

Breakdown:

• 등산 = mountain climbing / hiking
• 객 = person, customer, traveler-type suffix in some words

In many everyday contexts, hiker is the best translation. Mountaineer can work too, but it may sound a bit more serious or technical in English than the Korean necessarily does.

So in this sentence, that hiker is probably the most natural translation.