It was good that you called your parents in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:
• 당신이 (Dangsin-i)
 – “당신” means “you” and “이” is the subject marker.
• 당신의 부모님에게 (Dangsin-ui bumonim-ege)
 – “당신의” means “your” with the possessive marker.
 – “부모님” means “parents” with respect.
 – “에게” is a dative particle meaning “to.”
• 전화했던 (jeonhwahat-deon)
 – Derived from the verb 전화하다 (“to call on the phone”).
 – The clause ending “-했던” turns the verb into a descriptive modifier meaning “that called.”
• 것이 (geosi)
 – “것” means “thing,” turning the preceding clause “당신이 당신의 부모님에게 전화했던” into a noun phrase.
 – “이” is the subject marker attached to “것.”
• 좋았습니다 (joh-ass-seubnida)
 – Past polite form of 좋다 (“to be good”), meaning “was good.”

Tips for remembering:
• Notice how the relative clause 전화했던 modifies 것, allowing an entire action “you called your parents” to function as a subject.
• The particles (이, 의, 에게) mark the roles of words: subject, possessive, and indirect object, respectively.
• Practice forming similar sentences by turning actions into noun phrases with the “-했던/ㄴ” ending.

Alternate ways to express “It was good that you called your parents”:
1. 네가 부모님께 전화한 게 좋았어.
 – (Nega bumonim-kke jeonhwahan ge joh-ass-eo.)
2. 너가 부모님께 전화한 거 참 좋았어.
 – (Neoga bumonim-kke jeonhwahan geo cham joh-ass-eo.)
3. 부모님께 전화해줘서 좋았어.
 – (Bumonim-kke jeonhwahaejwoseo joh-ass-eo.)

Each version adjusts the level of formality or wording slightly while conveying the same meaning.

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