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보다 (to see, to watch)

In an evening living room, a woman and a man sit side by side on a sofa watching a movie on a TV (a sunset landscape on screen), a bowl of popcorn in his lap.
보다[보다] bo-dato see, to watch

Build it up — listen and repeat

  1. 보다to see, to watch
    bo-da
  2. 봐요watch (polite, everyday)
    bwa-yo
  3. 영화를 봐요watch a movie
    yeong-hwa-reul bwa-yo
  4. 주말에 영화를 봐요.I watch movies on the weekend.
    ju-ma-re yeong-hwa-reul bwa-yo.

Your turn

How do you say “I watch a movie” in Korean?

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영화를 봐요. yeong-hwa-reul bwa-yo.

Situation talk

A이 영화 볼래요?i yeong-hwa bol-lae-yo?Want to see this movie?

B좋아요, 같이 봐요!jo-a-yo, ga-chi bwa-yo!Sure, let's watch it together!

보다 is also "to take" a test: 시험을 보다.

Word list: National Institute of Korean Language, “Korean Learning Vocabulary List” (2003, KOGL Type 1). Examples and explanations by WordBob. · More words

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