geu huwonjaneun aideurege sarangeul boyeo jwosseoyo.

그 literally means that, but in real Korean it often points to someone already known from the context. Because of that, 그 후원자 can be translated as either:

• that sponsor
• the sponsor

If the person has already been mentioned, English often sounds more natural with the sponsor even though Korean uses 그.

The particle -는 marks the topic of the sentence.

So 후원자는 means something like:

• as for the sponsor
• the sponsor, ...

It sets up 후원자 as the thing the sentence is about.

If you used 후원자가, the sentence would sound more like it is introducing or emphasizing the subject itself. Compare:

• 후원자는 아이들에게 사랑을 보여 줬어요.
  As for the sponsor, they showed love to the children.

• 후원자가 아이들에게 사랑을 보여 줬어요.
  The sponsor showed love to the children. / It was the sponsor who showed love to the children.

Both are possible, but -는 gives a topic/comment feeling.

후원자 usually means sponsor, supporter, patron, or benefactor, depending on context.

It is made from:

• 후원 = support, sponsorship
• 자 = person

So it literally means a person who supports.

It is not gender-specific. It can refer to a man or a woman.

아이들에게 breaks down like this:

• 아이 = child
• 들 = plural marker
• 에게 = to

So:

• 아이들에게 = to the children

A few important points:

1. 들 marks plural, so it clearly means more than one child.
2. Korean does not always need a plural marker, but here it is used to make children explicit.
3. 에게 is a common marker for the person who receives something or is the target of an action, especially with people or animals.

A more casual spoken alternative would be:

• 아이들한테

That also means to the children.

Because 사랑 is the direct object here.

The structure is:

• 아이들에게 = to the children
• 사랑을 = love
• 보여 주다 = show

So the pattern is:

someone + 에게 + something + 을/를 + 보여 주다
= show something to someone

In this sentence:

• 아이들에게 = recipient / target
• 사랑을 = thing being shown

This is similar to English:

• show love to the children
• show the children love

In Korean, the thing shown gets -을/를, while the person receiving it often gets 에게/한테.

Yes. 사랑을 보여 주다 literally means to show love.

In natural English, that can also be expressed as:

• show love
• demonstrate love
• show affection

It does not mean physically displaying the noun love like an object. It means expressing loving behavior, care, or affection toward someone.

So this is a very normal Korean way to say that someone treated others in a loving or caring way.

보여 주다 is a very common Korean expression meaning to show.

It is built from:

• 보이다 / 보여 = to be seen, to show
• 주다 = to give

Together, 보여 주다 has the sense of showing something to someone, almost like let someone see or give someone a look at something.

So:

• 사진을 보여 주다 = show someone a photo
• 사랑을 보여 주다 = show someone love

The 주다 part often adds the idea that the action is directed toward someone else.

줬어요 is the contracted form of 주었어요, the past polite form of 주다.

The steps are:

• 주다 = to give
• 주었어요 = gave / did for someone
• 줬어요 = contracted form of 주었어요

So:

• 보여 주었어요 → 보여 줬어요

This kind of contraction is very common in everyday Korean.

You may also see 보여줬어요 written together in everyday writing, but textbooks often separate it as 보여 줬어요.

-어요 is the standard polite speech style used in everyday conversation.

So 보여 줬어요 is polite, natural, and common in normal speech.

Compare:

• 보여 주다 = dictionary form
• 보여 줬어 = casual / intimate
• 보여 줬어요 = polite everyday speech
• 보여 주었습니다 = more formal

So this sentence is polite, but not stiff or highly formal.

Yes. Both mean to the children.

• 아이들에게 = a bit more neutral or slightly more formal
• 아이들한테 = more casual and conversational

So these are both natural:

• 그 후원자는 아이들에게 사랑을 보여 줬어요.
• 그 후원자는 아이들한테 사랑을 보여 줬어요.

The meaning is basically the same.