보고
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Grammar · 1 sense
Target Person
Examples
회선 씨가 세훈 씨보고 보고서 쓰는 설 도와 달라고 하던데요.
Heesun asked Sehun to help write the report.
남편이 저보고 보라색이 잘 어울린다고 했어요.
My husband told me that purple suits me.
When you'd hear it
보고 is common in conversational Korean, especially with verbs such as 말하다, 부탁하다, and 하다 when someone is the target of speech or a request. It appears frequently in dialogue and casual workplace conversation, but is less typical in formal writing.
What learners get wrong
Learners often treat 보고 as interchangeable with 에게 or 한테. 보고 is especially conversational and commonly highlights the person being spoken to, asked, or told something, while 에게 and 한테 have broader uses as recipient markers.
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