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1. 주요 업무를 끝냈어요.

   I finished the main task.

   주요

   main

   업무

   task; work

   끝냈어요

   finished

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   주요 means “main” or “principal” here. It is a descriptive word placed before a noun: 주요 업무 = “the main task/work.” Example: 주요 내용 means “the main content.” 업무 is a noun meaning “work” or “task,” especially work-related duties. In this sentence, the translation selects “task.” Example: 업무가 많아요. means “There is a lot of work.” 끝냈어요 comes from the verb 끝내다, “to finish” or “to complete.” The form 끝냈어요 marks a completed past action and uses polite 해요-style speech. Its parts can be understood as 끝내- + past -었- + polite ending -어요; the vowels contract in the observed form. 끝내다 is transitive, so it normally takes the thing that was finished, as in 숙제를 끝냈어요. — “I finished my homework.” Korean does not require an overt subject here. The subject is omitted, and the fixed translation identifies it as “I.” The meaningful structure is 주요 (“main”) + 업무 (“task”) + 끝냈어요 (“finished”), producing “I finished the main task.”

2. 공유하기 전에 다른 사람에게 검토를 부탁하세요.

   Have someone review it before you share it.

   공유하기

   sharing

   다른

   other

   사람

   person

   검토

   review

   부탁하세요

   please ask

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   공유하기 means “sharing” here, but its form is useful beyond this sentence: 공유하다 is the dictionary form “to share,” and -기 turns a verb into a noun-like activity. In 공유하기 전에, the pattern -기 전에 means “before doing ….” Example: 자기 전에 이를 닦아요. — “I brush my teeth before going to bed.” 다른 means “other” or “another” when it describes a noun. It is the attributive form used directly before 사람; it does not itself express the whole phrase “another person.” Example: 다른 방법을 찾아요. — “I look for another method.” 사람 means “person” or “people,” depending on context. Here, together with 다른, it refers generally to another person, without identifying a particular individual. The following particle 에게 marks that person as the recipient of the request: 다른 사람에게 means “to another person.” 검토 means “review” or “checking.” It is a noun that can combine with 하다 to form the verb 검토하다, “to review.” In this sentence, 검토를 marks 검토 as the object of the request. Example: 문서를 검토해요. — “I review the document.” 부탁하세요 comes from 부탁하다, “to ask/request a favor.” The ending -세요 makes this a polite request or instruction, so 부탁하세요 means “please ask/request [it].” The requested action is supplied by the preceding 검토를: the speaker asks someone to review. Example: 도움을 부탁하세요. — “Please ask for help.” Together, 공유하기 전에 sets the time as “before sharing,” 다른 사람에게 identifies the recipient of the request as another person, and 검토를 부탁하세요 asks for a review. The omitted object of sharing and reviewing is understood from the context and is rendered as “it” in the fixed translation. The whole utterance means: “Have someone review it before you share it.”

3. 누구에게 검토를 부탁해야 하나요?

   Who should review it?

   누구에게

   to whom

   검토

   review

   부탁해야 하나요?

   should ask as a favor?

   More detail

   누구에게 means “to whom.” 누구 asks about a person, while -에게 marks the person to whom an action or request is directed. Here it asks which person should receive the request; it is not the source meaning “from whom.” Example: 누구에게 물어봐요? — “Who should I ask?” 검토 is the noun “review” or “checking.” It combines with 하다 as 검토하다, “to review.” In 검토를, the particle -를 marks 검토 as the object of the request: the requested favor is a review. The thing being reviewed is not stated in this sentence; the fixed translation supplies “it.” Example: 문서를 검토해 주세요. — “Please review the document.” 부탁해야 하나요? contains 부탁하다, “to ask someone for a favor,” followed by the obligation pattern -아야/어야 하다, here realized with 하다 as 해야 하다, and the polite question ending -나요?. Thus 부탁해야 하나요? asks “should I ask as a favor?” The 해야 form comes from 하- plus -여야, conventionally contracted to 해야; it is not the noun 부탁 itself that carries this inflection. Example: 누구에게 부탁해야 하나요? — “Who should I ask?” Together, 누구에게 검토를 부탁해야 하나요? asks which person should be approached to request a review. The subject of 부탁해야 하나요? is omitted, as is normal when it is understood from context. The intended meaning is therefore “Who should review it?” This is a polite way to ask who is the appropriate person to approach for the review.

4. 계획이 바뀔 수 있으니 팀장에게 물어보세요.

   Ask the team lead because the plan may change.

   계획이

   the plan

   바뀔

   change

   수 있으니

   may, so

   팀장에게

   to the team lead

   물어보세요

   please ask

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   계획이 means “the plan” here. 계획 is a noun, and 이 marks it as the subject. The subject marker is 이 after a consonant and 가 after a vowel: 계획이 / 계획이 바뀌어요 (“The plan changes”). 바뀔 comes from the verb 바뀌다, “to change” or “become different.” The form 바뀔 is its future or prospective modifier form, placed before 수 in the possibility pattern -(으)ㄹ 수 있다. Do not confuse it with transitive 바꾸다, “to change something”: 계획이 바뀌다 says that the plan changes, while 누군가 계획을 바꾸다 says that someone changes the plan. 수 있으니 contains the pattern -(으)ㄹ 수 있다, which expresses possibility here, followed by -으니, “because” or “since.” Thus 바뀔 수 있다 means “may change,” and 바뀔 수 있으니 means “because it may change.” Example: 비가 올 수 있으니 우산을 가져가세요. — “Because it may rain, take an umbrella.” 팀장에게 means “to the team lead.” 팀장 is the noun “team lead,” and 에게 marks the person who receives the action or is addressed by it. Example: 선생님에게 물어보세요. — “Please ask the teacher.” 물어보세요 comes from the verb 물어보다, “to ask” or “to inquire,” with the polite request/command ending -세요. In this sentence it is a polite instruction: “please ask.” Example: 모르면 직원에게 물어보세요. — “If you do not know, please ask a staff member.” Together, 계획이 바뀔 수 있으니 gives the reason, “because the plan may change.” 팀장에게 물어보세요 gives the instruction, “please ask the team lead.” The whole utterance therefore means: “Ask the team lead because the plan may change.”

5. 짧은 메시지도 준비할까요?

   Should I prepare a short message too?

   짧은

   short

   메시지

   message

   도

   too; also

   준비할까요?

   shall I prepare?

   More detail

   짧은 describes 메시지 as “short.” It is the attributive form of 짧다 (“to be short”): 짧다 → 짧은 before a noun. This form does not mark grammatical gender or number. For example, 짧은 문장 means “a short sentence.” 메시지 is the noun “message.” Together, 짧은 메시지 means “a short message.” The adjective comes before the noun in this noun phrase. 도 is attached to 메시지 and adds the meaning “too” or “also.” Thus, 메시지도 means “a message too” or “also a message.” Its exact emphasis depends on what has already been discussed, but here it marks the short message as an additional item to prepare. 준비할까요? asks politely whether the speaker should prepare something. It comes from 준비하다 (“to prepare”) plus -(으)ㄹ까요?, a question pattern used to ask whether the speaker should do an action or to make a suggestion. With 하다, this becomes 할까요?. The subject is understood as “I,” as shown by the fixed translation; the form itself does not separately state that pronoun. Putting the parts together, 짧은 메시지 is “a short message,” 도 adds “too,” and 준비할까요? asks “shall I prepare?” The whole utterance therefore means: “Should I prepare a short message too?”

6. 무엇이 바뀌었는지와 파일을 어디에서 찾을 수 있는지 설명하세요.

   Explain what changed and where to find the file.

   무엇이

   what

   바뀌었는지

   what changed

   와

   and

   파일

   file

   어디에서

   where

   찾을 수 있는지

   can find

   설명하세요

   please explain

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   무엇이 means “what” as the subject of the first embedded question. 무엇 is the question word “what,” and 이 marks it as the subject. The form does not identify a person or object in advance; the answer supplies what changed. 바뀌었는지 comes from 바뀌다 (“to change” or “to be changed”) with past marking -었- and the embedded-question ending -는지: 바뀌다 → 바뀌었는지. Here it asks which change occurred, rather than directly asking the listener a standalone question. Example: 무엇이 바뀌었는지 확인하세요. — “Check what changed.” 와 connects the first embedded question with the second one. In this sentence it has the meaning “and,” joining two things to be explained. The first part ends in -는지, so the connection is 바뀌었는지와 .... 파일 means “file.” In the sentence it is followed by the object marker 을, forming 파일을; the noun itself names the item whose location is being discussed. Example: 파일을 열어 보세요. — “Try opening the file.” 어디에서 means “where,” with 에서 marking the place where an action occurs. In 파일을 어디에서 ..., it asks at what location the file can be found. 어디 asks for a place; 에서 is useful with an activity or event taking place there. Example: 어디에서 만나요? — “Where are we meeting?” 찾을 수 있는지 is an embedded question built from 찾다 (“to find”), -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (“can” or “be able to”), and -는지. The form 찾을 is the future/irrealis form used before 수, while 있는지 puts the ability expression inside an indirect question: “whether/where one can find [it].” The file is the object of 찾다, shown by the neighboring 을 in 파일을. Example: 이 파일을 어디에서 찾을 수 있는지 알려 주세요. — “Please tell me where I can find this file.” 설명하세요 comes from 설명하다 (“to explain”) and the polite directive ending -(으)세요: 설명하다 → 설명하세요. It asks the listener to explain; it is not part of either embedded question. Example: 이 과정을 설명하세요. — “Explain this process.” Together, 무엇이 바뀌었는지 means “what changed,” and 파일을 어디에서 찾을 수 있는지 means “where the file can be found.” 와 joins these two embedded questions, and final 설명하세요 makes both the requested content of the explanation: “Explain what changed and where to find the file.”

7. 검토를 부탁하고 짧은 메모를 추가할게요.

   I will ask for the review and add a short note.

   검토

   review

   부탁하고

   ask/request, and

   짧은

   short

   메모

   note

   추가할게요

   I’ll add

   More detail

   검토 means “review” here. It is a noun, and 검토를 marks it as the object of the following action: 검토를 부탁하다 is a useful pattern meaning “to ask for a review” or “to request that someone review something.” The object particle -를 is attached because 검토 ends in a vowel. 부탁하고 comes from 부탁하다, “to ask/request,” followed by -고, which connects this action to the next one with “and.” In this sentence, 검토를 부탁하고 means “ask for the review and …” The form -고 is a connector; it does not itself mark the time of the second action. 짧은 means “short” and modifies the noun that follows it. Its base form is 짧다, “to be short.” The form changes to 짧은 before a noun, as in 짧은 메모 (“a short note”). 메모 means “note” or “memo.” In 짧은 메모, it is the noun being described by 짧은. Korean commonly places a descriptive form before the noun it modifies. 추가할게요 means “I’ll add it” or “I’ll add [one].” It comes from 추가하다, “to add,” with -(으)ㄹ게요. This ending expresses the speaker’s intention or commitment to do something, often with the listener in mind. Here, 추가할게요 is the polite form used for the speaker’s planned addition; the object is understood from 짧은 메모. Together, 검토를 부탁하고 짧은 메모를 추가할게요 means “I will ask for the review and add a short note.” The first action is requesting the review, and the connected second action is the speaker’s intended addition of a short note.

8. 그러면 인계가 더 명확해질 거예요.

   That should make the handoff clearer.

   그러면

   then; in that case

   인계

   handoff

   더

   more

   명확해질

   become clear

   거예요

   will; is expected to

   More detail

   그러면 means “then” or “in that case.” It links the current statement to a condition or plan just mentioned. Example: 그러면 시작할게요. — “Then I’ll start.” 인계 is a noun meaning a handoff or transfer of responsibility, information, or work. It can be used in compounds such as 인계하다 (“to hand over”) and 인수인계 (“handover and takeover,” often for work responsibilities). Here, it refers to the handoff whose clarity is being discussed; the sentence does not specify more about its participants. 더 is an adverb meaning “more” or “to a greater degree.” It compares the expected state with an earlier or currently understood level. Example: 설명이 더 명확해요. — “The explanation is clearer.” 명확해질 comes from 명확하다, “to be clear,” combined with -어지다, which expresses becoming or changing into a state: 명확해지다, “to become clear.” The form 명확해질 is the future-attributive form used before 것 in the following construction. This is the adjective 명확하다 that carries the -어지다 change-of-state form; 인계 is the noun being described. 거예요 is the conversational form of 것이에요 and is part of the pattern -(으)ㄹ 거예요. With a preceding future-attributive form such as 명확해질, this pattern presents an expected or predicted future state: “will become” or “is expected to become.” Example: 날씨가 좋아질 거예요. — “The weather will improve.” Together, 그러면 sets up the result, 인계가 marks 인계 as the subject, and 더 명확해질 means “become clearer.” 거예요 presents that result as expected. The whole utterance therefore means, “That should make the handoff clearer.” In the supplied context, it refers to the plan to request a review and add a short note, without specifying exactly which part will produce the improvement.