Checking an Email Before Sending | Learn Korean in English

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Dialogue

제가 보내기 전에 이 이메일을 확인해 주실 수 있어요?

jeh-GAH boh-neh-gee juhn-eh ee ee-MEH-eel-eul hwah-gin-heh joo-sheel soo ee-ssuh-yoh Could you check this email before I send it?

제가 확인할게요. 무엇부터 확인하면 돼요?

jeh-GAH hwah-gin-hahl-geh-yoh. moo-UHT-boo-tuh hwah-gin-hah-myun dweh-yoh I can check it. What should I check first?

제목부터 확인해 주세요.

jeh-MOHK-boo-tuh hwah-gin-heh joo-SEH-yoh Please start with the subject line.

제목은 분명하지만, 회의 주제를 넣으면 더 좋겠어요.

jeh-moh-geun boon-MYUNG-hah-jee-man, HWEH-ee joo-JEH-reul nuh-uh-myun duh joh-keh-ssuh-yoh The subject line is clear, but the meeting topic would help.

맞는 파일이 첨부되어 있나요?

MAHN-neun PAH-eel-ee chuhm-boo-dweh-uh in-NAH-yoh Is the correct file attached?

네, 최종 파일이 첨부되어 있어요.

neh, CHWEH-jong PAH-eel-ee chuhm-boo-dweh-uh ee-ssuh-yoh Yes, the final version is attached.

이 이메일이 필요한 사람을 모두 넣었나요?

ee ee-MEH-eel-ee pee-ryoh-han sah-rah-meul MOH-doo nuh-uhn-NAH-yoh Did I include everyone who needs this email?

목록이 모두 맞는 것 같아요.

mong-NOH-gee MOH-doo MAHN-neun guht gah-TAH-yoh The list looks complete.

그럼 보내도 될 것 같아요.

guh-reom boh-neh-doh dwehl kkoh gah-TAH-yoh Then I think it is ready to send.

Word by Word

제가 제가 means “I” as the subject of the action. It combines 저, the first-person pronoun, with the subject marker 가.

보내기 보내기 means “sending” in 보내기 전에. It is the noun-like form of 보내다 and allows 전에 to mean “before sending.”

전에 전에 means “before” in 보내기 전에, “before sending.” It commonly follows a noun-like action such as 보내기 or a time expression.

이 이 means “this” before the noun 이메일 in 이 이메일. It is used directly before a noun to identify something near the speaker or already in focus.

이메일을 이메일을 means “the email” as the object being checked. 이메일 is followed by the object marker 을 in 확인해 주실 수 있어요.

확인해 확인해 means “check” in 확인해 주실 수 있어요. It is the 연결 form of 확인하다 and connects to 주실 to make a polite request for help.

주실 주실 presents the checking as something the other person would do for the speaker in 확인해 주실 수 있어요. It is the respectful form of 주다 used inside this polite request construction.

수 수 expresses possibility or ability in 확인해 주실 수 있어요, meaning “can check.” It is used with 있어요 in the pattern 수 있어요 to ask or state whether an action is possible.

있어요 있어요 completes 수 있어요 and means that the requested action is possible, giving the sentence the meaning “can you check it?” It is the polite form used in this question.

확인할게요 확인할게요 means “I’ll check” as a willing response to the request. It uses 확인하다 with -ㄹ게요 to express the speaker’s intention or promise to do it.

무엇부터 무엇부터 means “what first” in 무엇부터 확인하면 돼요? 무엇 means “what,” and 부터 marks the starting point of the checking.

확인하면 확인하면 means “if or when checking” in 확인하면 돼요. It is the form of 확인하다 with -면 and introduces the action whose appropriate starting point is being asked about.

돼요 돼요 means “is okay” in 확인하면 돼요. Together with 확인하면, it asks what the speaker should check or what is okay to check first.

제목부터 제목부터 means “starting with the subject line.” 제목 means “subject line,” and 부터 marks it as the first item in the checking order.

주세요 주세요 makes 확인해 주세요 a polite request meaning “please check it.” It follows the action form 확인해 and is useful when asking someone to do something.

제목은 제목은 means “as for the subject line” in 제목은 분명하지만. 제목 is followed by 는 to set the subject line as the topic of the comment.

분명하지만 분명하지만 means “is clear, but” and introduces a contrast with the next point. It comes from 분명하다 with the contrast ending -지만.

회의 회의 means “meeting” in 회의 주제, “meeting topic.” It is placed before 주제 to specify what kind of topic is meant.

주제를 주제를 means “the topic” as the object being added in 회의 주제를 넣으면. 주제 is followed by the object marker 를.

넣으면 넣으면 means “if or when [you] add it” in 주제를 넣으면. It is the form of 넣다 with -면, presenting the added topic as the condition for the suggestion.

더 더 means “more” in 더 좋겠어요, making the suggestion “would be better.” It is placed before an adjective or expression to increase its degree.

좋겠어요 좋겠어요 means “would be better” in 더 좋겠어요. It expresses a polite suggestion or judgment about the result of adding the meeting topic.

맞는 맞는 means “correct” or “right” in 맞는 파일, “the correct file.” It is the form of 맞다 used before a noun to describe the file.

파일이 파일이 means “the file” as the subject of the question 맞는 파일이 첨부되어 있나요? 파일 is followed by the subject marker 이.

첨부되어 첨부되어 means “being attached” in 첨부되어 있나요? It comes from 첨부되다 and connects to 있어요 to ask whether the attached state exists.

있나요 있나요 asks whether something is present or in a certain state. In 첨부되어 있나요?, it asks whether the file is attached.

네 네 means “yes” and confirms the preceding question. It is a common polite response when agreeing or confirming information.

최종 최종 means “final” in 최종 파일, “the final file.” It is placed before 파일 to identify which version is attached.

파일 파일 means “file” in 최종 파일이 첨부되어 있어요. It names the document that is attached to the email.

이메일이 이메일이 means “the email” as the subject inside 이메일이 필요한 사람, “people who need the email.” 이메일 is followed by the subject marker 이.

필요한 필요한 means “needed” or “necessary” in 이메일이 필요한 사람. It is the form of 필요하다 used before 사람 to describe people for whom the email is needed.

사람을 사람을 means “the person or people” as the object being included in 사람을 모두 넣었나요? 사람 is followed by the object marker 을.

모두 모두 means “everyone” or “all” in 사람을 모두 넣었나요? It shows that the inclusion should cover the complete group.

넣었나요 넣었나요 asks whether someone included or put in the people mentioned. In 사람을 모두 넣었나요?, it asks whether everyone who needs the email was included.

목록이 목록이 means “the list” as the subject of 목록이 모두 맞는 것 같아요. 목록 is followed by the subject marker 이.

것 것 means “thing” or “fact” in 것 같아요. With 같아요, it forms an expression for saying that something seems or appears to be the case.

같아요 같아요 means “seems” or “looks” in 목록이 모두 맞는 것 같아요. In 것 같아요, it softens the statement by presenting it as an impression rather than a firm assertion.

그럼 그럼 means “then” or “in that case.” It connects the conclusion in 그럼 보내도 될 것 같아요 to the checks that have just been completed.

보내도 보내도 contributes “sending is okay” in 보내도 될 것 같아요. It is 보내다 with -도 and combines with 될 to form the reusable pattern 보내도 되다, “it is okay to send.”

될 될 means “will be okay” or “will be possible” in 보내도 될 것 같아요. It is the form of 되다 used with 보내도 to express that sending seems permissible.

Grammar Points

V-(으)면 좋겠어요

주제를 넣으면 좋겠어요.

joo-JEH-reul nuh-uh-myun joh-keh-ssuh-yoh

It would be good if you include the topic.

-(으)면 expresses a condition, and 좋겠어요 softens the suggestion to mean “it would be good.”

N부터

무엇부터 확인해요?

moo-UHT-boo-tuh hwah-gin-heh-yoh

What do we check first?

부터 marks the starting point, meaning “from” or “first.”

Korean Vocabulary

넣다 verb

nuh-TAH to put in; to include 넣으면

맞다 adj

MAHT-tah to be correct 맞는

무엇 pron

moo-UHT what 무엇부터

보내다 verb

boh-neh-DAH to send 보내기

분명하다 adj

boon-MYUNG-hah-DAH to be clear 분명하지만

이메일 noun

ee-MEH-eel email

제목 noun

jeh-MOHK subject line; title

좋다 adj

joh-TAH to be good; to be better 좋겠어요

주제 noun

joo-JEH topic

파일 noun

PAH-eel file

확인하다 verb

hwah-gin-hah-DAH to check; to confirm 확인해

회의 noun

HWEH-ee meeting

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I can check it. What should I check first?

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제가 확인할게요. 무엇부터 확인하면 돼요?

Please start with the subject line.

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제목부터 확인해 주세요.

Is the correct file attached?

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맞는 파일이 첨부되어 있나요?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

what

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무엇부터

to be clear

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분명하지만

to be good; to be better

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좋겠어요

to send

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