About This Lesson
Use Getting to Class by Bike or Bus to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
어디에 살아요?
uh-DEE-eh SAH-rah-yoh? Where do you live?
B
근처에 살아요.
GUHN-chuh-eh SAH-rah-yoh. I live nearby.
A
여기에는 어떻게 와요?
yuh-GEE-eh-nuhn uh-TTUH-keh WAH-yoh? How do you get here?
B
맑은 날에는 자전거를 타요.
MAHL-guhn NAH-reh-nuhn jah-JUHN-guh-rul TAH-yoh. I ride my bike on sunny days.
A
비 오는 날은요?
BEE OH-nuhn NAH-ruhn-nyoh? What about rainy days?
B
비가 오면 버스를 타요.
BEE-gah OH-myuhn BUH-suh-rul TAH-yoh. I take the bus when it rains.Word by Word
어디에
In "어디에 살아요?", 어디에 asks where someone lives. 에 marks the place associated with living. This form is useful in questions about someone's location, as in the dialogue question "어디에 살아요?".
살아요
살아요 means "live" or "reside" in this dialogue. It is the polite conversational form of 살다 and is used with a place expression, as in "근처에 살아요." You can use it to say where you live or where another person lives.
근처에
근처에 means "nearby" or "in the vicinity" in "근처에 살아요." 에 marks the place where someone lives. It is used before 살아요 to describe living near the place being discussed.
여기에는
여기에는 refers to this place as the destination or topic in "여기에는 어떻게 와요?", meaning "How do you get here?" 에 connects 여기 to coming to this place, and 는 gives the place a topic-like or contrastive focus. This form is useful when asking how someone comes to a particular place.
어떻게
어떻게 means "how" in "여기에는 어떻게 와요?" and asks about the way or method of coming. It commonly appears before the verb when asking how an action happens, as in the dialogue expression "어떻게 와요?".
와요
와요 means "come" in the question "여기에는 어떻게 와요?" It is the polite conversational form of 오다. With a place expression, it asks how someone comes to that place.
맑은
맑은 describes the weather as clear or sunny in "맑은 날에는 자전거를 타요." It is the form used before the noun 날 to describe a clear or sunny day. The expression "맑은 날" can set the weather condition for a following action.
날에는
날에는 means "on days" in "맑은 날에는 자전거를 타요." 에 marks the time, while 는 gives the time expression a topic or contrastive focus, so "맑은 날에는" means "on sunny days" here. It is used before the action that happens on those days.
자전거를
자전거를 means "a bicycle" as the object of 타요 in "자전거를 타요." 자전거 means bicycle, and 를 marks it as the object. This form is used when saying that someone rides a bicycle.
타요
타요 means "ride" with 자전거를 and "take" with 버스를 in this dialogue. It is the polite conversational form of 타다. The noun before it shows what is being ridden or taken: "자전거를 타요" and "버스를 타요."
비
비 means "rain" in "비 오는 날은요?" and "비가 오면 버스를 타요." In "비 오는 날", it refers to rain that is falling and describes a rainy day. It can also be used as the subject in "비가 오면".
오는
오는 means "coming" or "falling" in "비 오는 날", referring to rain. It is the form of 오다 used before 날 to describe a day when rain comes or falls. The exact expression "비 오는 날" means "a rainy day".
날은요
날은요 means "what about the days?" in "비 오는 날은요?" 은 marks 날 as the topic or contrast, and 요 gives the short question a polite tone. After sunny days have been mentioned, this expression asks about the rainy-day alternative.
비가
비가 means "rain" as the subject in "비가 오면 버스를 타요." 비 means rain, and 가 marks it as what comes or falls. This form is used in the condition "비가 오면", meaning "when it rains."
오면
오면 means "when it comes" and, with 비가, "when it rains" in "비가 오면 버스를 타요." It is formed from 오다 with 면 to express a condition or time. The condition clause "비가 오면" comes before the result "버스를 타요."
버스를
버스를 means "the bus" as the object of 타요 in "버스를 타요." 버스 means bus, and 를 marks it as the object. With 타요, this expression means "take the bus" and is used here as the transport choice when it rains.
Grammar Points
동사 + 는 + 명사
비 오는 날 자전거를 타요.
BEE OH-nuhn NAHL jah-JUHN-guh-rul TAH-yoh.On rainy days, I ride a bicycle.
오는 is the present attributive form of 오다 and describes the noun 날: “a day when it rains.”
동사 + 면
비가 오면 버스를 타요.
BEE-gah OH-myuhn BUH-suh-rul TAH-yoh.When it rains, I take the bus.
면 attaches to a verb to express a condition or time: “if” or “when.”
Korean Vocabulary
근처
noun
GUHN-chuh
nearby
근처에 살아요.
날
noun
NAHL
day
맑은 날에는 자전거를 타요.
맑은
adj
MAHL-guhn
sunny; clear
맑은 날에는 자전거를 타요.
비
noun
BEE
rain
비가 오면 버스를 타요.
살아요
verb
SAH-rah-yoh
live
어디에 살아요?
어디
pron
uh-DEE
where
어디에 살아요?
어떻게
adv
uh-TTUH-keh
how
여기에는 어떻게 와요?
여기
adv
yuh-GEE
here
여기에는 어떻게 와요?
오는
verb
OH-nuhn
rainy; coming
비 오는 날은요?
와요
verb
WAH-yoh
come
여기에는 어떻게 와요?
자전거
noun
jah-JUHN-guh
bicycle
맑은 날에는 자전거를 타요.
타요
verb
TAH-yoh
ride; take
자전거를 타요.
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
Where do you live?
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어디에 살아요?I live nearby.
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근처에 살아요.How do you get here?
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여기에는 어떻게 와요?Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
live
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살아요come
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와요bicycle
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자전거sunny; clear