Korean Fields — Lesson 5

Author: 106501054 Dino 謝銘鴻

I am a NCCU student and now studying Introduction to Language Learning. In this semester, my group and I are going to learn Korean, aiming to be able to have basic conversation with native speakers in the end of this semester. Details and processes of my learning will be recorded in this website, Korean Fields. Welcome!

In today’s lesson, I have learnt vocabulary for coming or going to certain directions, and some sentence patterns which may be useful.

Below is the vocabulary.

오랜만이에요. — It has been a long time.

어디 — where

-에 — on (어디에 — “Where are you going,” plus direction)

도서관 — library (from Chinese character)

백화점 — department store (the characterㄱmoves unto 화 and becomes 과)

왜 — why (가다 가요 — go, 왜가요 — Why are you going, 왜먹어요 — Why do you eat)

옷 — clothes (옷을 사요 — buy clothe, 옷 contains a syllable coda, so it should be attached with을)

사다 — buy

Let’s read the conversation below.

A: 왕리 씨 오랜만이에요. — Ms. Wang Li, it has been a long time since I saw you last time.

B: 성호 씨 오랜만이에요. 어디에 가요? –It has been a long time. Where are you going?

A: 도서관에 가요. 욍리 씨는요? — I’m going to the library. How about you?

B: 저는 백화점에 가요. — I’m going to the department store.

A: 백화점에 왜 가요? — Why are you going to the department store?

B: 옷을 사러 가요. — I’m going for buying clothes. (러 represents the reason.)

문법 Grammar — Time

The character 시 can represent time. A number should be added before it.

For example, 한시 means one o’clock, and 두시 means two o’clock.

문법 Grammar — Go To…

에 can represent place, time, direction and time. 에 가요 mean “go to… (a place).

For example, 학교 stand for school, so 학교에 가요 mean “go to school.” 도서관 are library, so the sentence 도서관에 가요 is “go to the library.” The word for place can be substituted to fit the situation.

우체국 — post office

은행 (pronunciation is [으냉]) — bank, or ginkgo tree

체육관 — gym (체육 — athletic, 관 — hall)

공원 — park (from Chinese character)

수영관 –indoor swimming pool

문법 Grammar — Representing Reason

-러/-으러 should be attached at the end of a verb clause, representing the reason of dynamic behaviors such as “come” or “go.” If the verb clause is ended with syllable coda, -러 should be used. If the verb clause’s end is without a syllable coda, -으러 should be used.

백화점에 왜 가요? — Why are you going to department store?

옷을 사러 가요. — For buying clothes.

학교에 왜 가요? — Why are you going to the school?

공부하러 으로. — For learning.