"I look at the boy."

Translation: 저는 남자아이를 보아요.

[acarl29]

Shouldnt this be 봐요, not 보아요?

[Ash-Fred]

If the verb stem ends in ㅗ, the ㅗ and -아 may be joined as ㅘ, but not necessarily.

[Knoebel_Joseph]

its the same. 봐요 is a contraction

[DavidS.769576]

I agree!

[Nunbul]

Stranger danger!

[FA_Silence]

"나는 남자아이를 보아요" should be accepted

[Simina939054]

나는 is only for casual speaking

[JMcBrown2]

Does it apply for "제가 납자아이를 보아요."? Because it's also not accepted.

[MissingPersonSRK]

The issue is not "제가", as it's accepted. The issue is that you wrote "납자아이를". You used ㅂ instead of ㅁ in "남자"

[MoonAmonet]

Isn't this termination supposed to be less formal than the one we have been learning until this level? I'm a bit confused

[racheliza711]

wouldn't there be a different ending on 남자아이? to imply you look at the boy? or is it not necessary because of context?

[dpatkat]

"at" is part of this verb by default.

[BUis2]

나는 그 소년을 본다. 나는 그 소년을 봅니다. 저는 그 소년을 봅니다. 난 그 소년을 본다. 남자아이나 소년이나 같은 말.

[Yoko841672]

comentario español gente v:

[WeirdOne_]

I wrote '저는 소년에서 보아요' but it says it is wrong, is this because i wrote 에서 or is it because 소년 is wrong? (i thought 소년 was a synonym for 남자아이, but i could have understood it wrong...)

[josueetcom]

보다 also means "to look at" <- see how "at" is part of the verb? It's the same as "to see". "I see at a boy" does not make sense so I don't think your sentence would make sense either