This is the 15649th most frequent Korean word.
보았어
"보았어" means "saw" or "have seen."
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.
나는 어제 영화를 보았어.
I watched a movie yesterday.
In this sentence, '보았어' conveys the act of looking at something (the sky) in a past context.
그는 하늘을 보았어.
He looked at the sky.
Here, '보았어' is used to describe witnessing or observing an event (the festival) that happened in the past.