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어떻게 가요?How do you get there?

Eotteoke gayo?

Talking about transport and getting around. Vocabulary: 버스, 지하철, 택시, 자전거, 기차, 비행기, 타다, 내리다, 걸어서, 역, 표. Key grammar: the MEANS you travel by is marked by adding "(으)로" to the noun — 버스로 가요 (I go by bus), 지하철로 가요 (by subway), 택시로 가요 (by taxi). Use "-로" after no final consonant or after ㄹ, "-으로" after another consonant. Walking is "걸어서 가요" (I go on foot). "타다" (to ride) takes 을/를: 버스를 타요, 지하철을 타요. English speakers, like "take the bus", attach the vehicle as the object of 가다: "버스를 가요" ✗ → "버스로 가요" ✓. Hangul corner: the sound of "(으)로" and liaison — 지하철로, 걸어서 [거러서].

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버스를 가요 / 버스로 가요

  1. Jieun마ma이i클keul씨ssi,회hoe사sa에e어eo떻tteo게ke가ga요yo?Michael, how do you get to work?
  2. Michael저jeo는neun매mae일il버beo스seu를reul가ga요yo.I go by bus every day. (slip: with 가다, the means takes "(으)로", not 을/를 — "버스로 가요")
  3. Jieun"가ga다da"로ro는neun"버beo스seu로ro가ga요yo"예ye요yo.을eul/를reur은eun"타ta다da"에e써sseo요yo.With "가다" it is "버스로 가요". 을/를 goes with "타다".
  4. Michael아a,버beo스seu로ro가ga요yo.그geu리ri고go역yeog에e서seo지ji하ha철cheor을eul타ta요yo.Ah, I go by bus. And I take the subway at the station.
  5. Jieun맞maj아a요yo!"-로ro가ga다da","-를reul타ta다da".잘jal했haess어eo요yo!Correct! "-로 가다", "-를 타다". Well done!
  6. Michael가ga까kka운un곳gos은eun걸geor어eo서seo가ga요yo!For nearby places I go on foot!

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부산에 어떻게 가요?— How do we get to Busan?

  1. Michael지ji은eun씨ssi,주ju말mar에e부bu산san에e어eo떻tteo게ke가ga요yo?Jieun, how do we get to Busan this weekend?
  2. Jieun기gi차cha로ro가ga요yo.빠ppa르reu고go편pyeon해hae요yo.We go by train. It is fast and comfortable.
  3. Michael표pyo는neun어eo디di에e서seo사sa요yo?Where do we buy the tickets?
  4. Jieun역yeog에e서seo사sa요yo.서seo울ull역yeog에e서seo기gi차cha를reul타ta요yo.We buy them at the station. We take the train at Seoul Station.
  5. Michael좋jo아a요yo!부bu산san역yeog에e서seo는neun택taek시si로ro호ho텔ter에e가ga요yo.Great! At Busan Station we go to the hotel by taxi.
  6. Jieun완wan벽byeok한han계gye획hoeg이i에e요yo!기gi대dae돼dwae요yo.A perfect plan! I am looking forward to it.

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버beo스seu

nounbus

지ji하ha철cheol

nounsubway, metro

택taek시si

nountaxi

자ja전jeon거geo

nounbicycle

기gi차cha

nountrain

비bi행haeng기gi

nounaeroplane

타ta다da

verbto ride, take (a vehicle) (→ 타요)

내nae리ri다da

verbto get off (→ 내려요)

걸geor어eo서seo

adverbon foot

역yeok

nounstation

표pyo

nounticket

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"(으)로" of means: 버스로 가요

Explanation

In ch25, "(으)로" showed direction ("왼쪽으로", to the left). This time the same "(으)로" shows the means ("riding what"): noun + "(으)로" = "by that / riding that". Use "-로" after no final consonant or after a ㄹ, "-으로" after another consonant: 버스 → 버스로, 택시 → 택시로, 지하철 → 지하철로 (ㄹ final), 자전거 → 자전거로, 기차 → 기차로. "버스로 학교에 가요" (I go to school by bus), "지하철로 회사에 가요" (I go to work by subway). Walking is "걸어서 가요". Note: "타다" (to board) takes 을/를 — "버스를 타요", "지하철을 타요". English speakers translate "take the bus" literally and make the vehicle the object of "가다": "버스를 가요" ✗. To say the means with "가다", use "(으)로": "버스로 가요" ✓.

Examples

  • 저는 버스로 학교에 가요.I go to school by bus.
  • 지하철로 회사에 가요.I go to work by subway.
  • 역에서 지하철을 타요.I take the subway at the station.
  • 집이 가까워요. 그래서 걸어서 가요.My home is near. So I go on foot.

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한글: "(으)로"와 ㄹ 연음— Hangul: "(으)로" and ㄹ liaison

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