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Going to buy a book

-(으)러 가다: going to do something

Words

  • 서점bookstore
  • 시장market
  • 은행bank
  • 우체국post office
  • 백화점department store
  • 편의점convenience store
  • 찾다to find; to look for
  • 보내다to send
  • 돈money
  • 편지letter

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.

    • 책을 사러 서점에 가요.I'm going to the bookshop to buy a book.
    • 밥을 먹으러 식당에 가요.I'm going to a restaurant to eat.
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Dialogue

  1. 지민

    란 씨, 어디에 가요?

    Where are you going, Lan?

  2. 란

    우체국에 가요. 베트남에 소포를 보내러 가요.

    To the post office. I'm sending a parcel to Vietnam.

  3. 지민

    저는 돈을 찾으러 은행에 가요.

    I'm going to the bank to take out money.

  4. 란

    그럼 같이 가요. 은행은 우체국 옆에 있어요.

    Let's go together, then. The bank is next to the post office.

Exercises

Question 1 of 12

Choose the word for the blank

돈을 찾  은행에 가요.