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보내? Can someone please explain to me what 보내다 is and the different ways it's used? 주말에 잘 보냈죠? = 보냈 = to ...experience the previous word? (Enjoyed the weekend) but It can also be used to say to 'send' something? To send a letter? This word has just confused me. Also, I might as well ask about 보다: This is also used a lot in different context. To see, to experience, whatever else..
May 9, 2015 10:03 PM
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You know, in every language there's some words with very specific or narrow meanings and usages, and then there are those with very many different meanings and usages and grammatical functions. In English these include to be, to have, to do, to make, etc. Likewise, in Korean there are certain words with broad usage. http://endic.naver.com/krenEntry.nhn?entryId=bce45f3a4e6f45929747084dbbe983cc Basically, 보내다 has two meanings: 1. To send 2. To spend/pass time. So that sentence means "You had a good weekend, didnt you/right?" 보다 is both a vocabulary word and part of a grammar construction. Also, there's the closely related 보이다. 아/어/여 보다 means to try Ving 보다 means to see, watch, look 보이다 means to seem or appear
May 9, 2015
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Some verbs have several meanings The meaning depends on the context. 보내다 (1) (사람이 물건을 다른 곳에)전해지도록 하다. send something to somewhere 친구에게 선물을 보내다 그녀는 수재민 돕기 성금을 신문사로 보냈다. (2) (사람이 다른 사람을 어떤 곳에)일정한 목적을 위해 가게 하다. send someone to somewhere 아들을 대학에 보내다 죄수를 감옥에 보내다 (3) (사람이 일정한 시간을)지나가게 하다. pass (time); spend, kill time 여름 방학을 보내다 해변에서 휴가를 보내다 (4) (어떤 사람이 자신의 마음을 다른 사람에게)느끼어 알도록 표현하다. give some sign 박수를 보내다 뜨거운 성원을 보내다 (5) 떠나게 하다 let (something/someone) go 손님을 빈손으로 보낼 수는 없다 사람이 많아서 버스를 그냥 보냈다 In the sentence, 주말에 잘 보냈죠? = 주말에 시간을 잘 보냈죠? Did you pass time well in weekend? The verb 보다 has two main usages. When used as main verb, it means "see, judge" When used as auxiliary verb as a form of "어/아/여 보다", it means "try to, experience"
May 9, 2015
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