About This Lesson
Use Basic Invitations and Shared Action to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
우리 지금 가요.
oo-REE jee-GUHM gah-YOH Let us go now.
B
우리 같이 먹어요.
oo-REE GAH-chee muh-GUH-yoh Let us eat together.
A
우리 지금 시작해요.
oo-REE jee-GAH-keh-yoh Let us start now.
B
우리 여기서 멈춰요.
oo-REE yuh-GEE-suh muhm-CHWUH-yoh Let us stop here.
A
저랑 같이 와요.
juh-RANG GAH-chee WAH-yoh Come with me.
B
저를 기다려요.
juh-RUHL gee-dah-RYUH-yoh Wait for me.Word by Word
우리
“우리” means “we” or “us” here and invites the other person to do the action together. It appears before the action in “우리 지금 가요”, “우리 같이 먹어요”, “우리 지금 시작해요”, and “우리 여기서 멈춰요”. Use “우리” before an action when suggesting that you and the listener do it together.
지금
“지금” means “now” in “우리 지금 가요” and “우리 지금 시작해요”. It shows that the action should happen at the present time. Use “지금” before an action when saying that something is happening or should happen now.
가요
“가요” means “go” in “우리 지금 가요”. It is the polite conversational form of 가다. Use “가요” when politely saying that someone goes or suggesting that you go.
같이
“같이” means “together” in “우리 같이 먹어요” and “along with me” in “저랑 같이 와요”. It shows that the action is shared with another person. Use “같이” before the action, or after a person phrase such as “저랑 같이”, when inviting someone to do something together.
먹어요
“먹어요” means “eat” in “우리 같이 먹어요”. It is the polite conversational form of 먹다. Use “먹어요” after a person or group, such as “우리”, to say politely that they eat or to suggest eating.
시작해요
“시작해요” means “start” or “begin” in “우리 지금 시작해요”. It is the polite conversational form of 시작하다. Use “시작해요” when saying that an activity begins or suggesting that it should begin.
여기서
“여기서” means “here” as the place where the action happens in “우리 여기서 멈춰요”. It identifies this place as the point where the group stops. Use “여기서” before an action when saying that the action takes place here.
멈춰요
“멈춰요” means “stop” in “우리 여기서 멈춰요”. It is the polite conversational form of 멈추다. Use “멈춰요” when politely saying that someone or something stops, often after a place such as “여기서”.
저랑
“저랑” means “with me” in “저랑 같이 와요”. It combines 저, “I” or “me”, with 랑, which connects a person to the action as a companion. Use “저랑 같이” before an action when inviting someone to do it together with you.
와요
“와요” means “come” in “저랑 같이 와요”. It is the polite conversational form of 오다. Use “와요” when politely asking or saying that someone comes, including in the pattern “저랑 같이 와요” for coming with me.
저를
“저를” means “me” as the person receiving the action in “저를 기다려요”. It combines 저, “I” or “me”, with 를, the marker for the object of the action. Use a person phrase such as “저를” before an action when that person is directly affected by it.
기다려요
“기다려요” means “wait for” in “저를 기다려요”. It is the polite conversational form of 기다리다, and “저를” identifies the person being waited for. Use “person + 를 + 기다려요” when asking someone to wait for a person.
Grammar Points
저랑 같이 + 동사
저랑 같이 와요.
juh-RANG GAH-chee WAH-yohCome with me.
랑 means “with” and attaches to a person or noun. 같이 means “together.”
저를 + 동사
저를 기다려요.
juh-RUHL gee-dah-RYUH-yohWait for me.
를 marks 저 as the object of the verb. Korean uses an object marker where English uses “for me.”
Korean Vocabulary
가요
verb
gah-YOH
go
같이
adv
GAH-chee
together
기다려요
verb
gee-dah-RYUH-yoh
wait
먹어요
verb
muh-GUH-yoh
eat
멈춰요
verb
muhm-CHWUH-yoh
stop
시작해요
verb
jee-GAH-keh-yoh
start
여기서
adv
yuh-GEE-suh
here
와요
verb
WAH-yoh
come
우리
pron
oo-REE
we; us
저랑 같이
phrase
juh-RANG GAH-chee
with me
저를
pron
juh-RUHL
me
지금
adv
jee-GUHM
now
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
Let us go now.
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우리 지금 가요.Let us eat together.
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우리 같이 먹어요.Let us start now.
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우리 지금 시작해요.Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
start
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시작해요wait
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기다려요eat
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먹어요me