한KOREAN3001Beginner 2

Beginner 2 · Lesson 3

Explain a purpose and check what to bring

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Lesson information & display

Planning guide: about 30 min · Progress by understanding and practice, not by the clock.

Completion records the activities you finished. It is not a pronunciation score or a Korean proficiency certificate.

Unit contents
Experiences and plans
01Talk about experience and first attempts02Explain future plans03Explain a purpose and check what to bring04Distinguish ability from current possibility05Tell someone about a changed plan06Make plans using your experience
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Learn the expressions

Attach -(으)러 to an action stem and follow it with 가요 to state the purpose of going. Mark the destination with 에.

ActionPurpose formExample
공부하다공부하러도서관에 공부하러 가요.
먹다먹으러식당에 김밥을 먹으러 가요.
읽다읽으러도서관에 책을 읽으러 가요.
사다사러가게에 펜을 사러 가요.
만들다만들러김밥을 만들러 가요.

Use 러 after a vowel or final ㄹ; otherwise use 으러. 공부하러 가요 states the purpose, not that the study has already finished.

AskAnswer
무엇을 하러 가요?한국어를 공부하러 가요.
무엇을 준비해요?공책과 펜을 준비해요.
펜이 있어요?아니요, 펜이 없어요.