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Sending money home

-(으)러 가다 · bank, hospital, pharmacy

Words

  • 은행bank
  • 병원hospital
  • 약국pharmacy
  • 약about
  • 돈money
  • 보내다to send
  • 송금하다to remit money, to transfer
  • 찾다to find; to look for
  • 사다to buy

Grammar

  • -(으)러 가다/오다go/come (in order) to

    -(으)러 가다/오다: go / come to do. After a consonant 으러, after a vowel 러.

    • 돈을 보내러 은행에 가요.I'm going to the bank to send money.
    • 약을 사러 약국에 가요.I'm going to the pharmacy to buy medicine.
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Dialogue

  1. 동료

    란 씨, 오늘 퇴근하고 뭐 해요?

    Lan, what are you doing after work today?

  2. 란

    은행에 가요. 고향에 돈을 보내러 가요.

    I'm going to the bank to send money home.

  3. 동료

    저는 약을 사러 약국에 가요. 감기에 걸렸어요.

    I'm going to the pharmacy. I've caught a cold.

  4. 란

    괜찮아요? 병원에도 가세요.

    Are you OK? Go to the doctor too.

  5. 동료

    네, 고마워요.

    I will, thanks.

Exercises

Question 1 of 12

What does this word mean?

은행