No. 15,649 in Korean
보았어
"보았어" means "saw" or "have seen."
In a sentence
나는 어제 영화를 보았어.
I watched a movie yesterday.
The word '보았어' here is the past tense informal polite form of '보다', meaning 'to see' or 'to watch'. It is used to describe an action (watching a movie) that occurred in the past.
그는 하늘을 보았어.
He looked at the sky.
In this sentence, '보았어' conveys the act of looking at something (the sky) in a past context.
우리는 축제를 보았어.
We saw the festival.
Here, '보았어' is used to describe witnessing or observing an event (the festival) that happened in the past.
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