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병원 (hospital, clinic)

In a clinic room, a woman doctor in a white coat listens to a male patient's chest with a stethoscope; a red cross sign on the wall.
병원[병원] byeong-wonhospital, clinic

Build it up — listen and repeat

  1. 병원hospital
    byeong-won
  2. 병원에to the hospital
    byeong-wo-ne
  3. 병원에 왔어요came to the hospital
    byeong-wo-ne wa-sseo-yo
  4. 아파서 병원에 왔어요.I'm sick, so I came to a clinic.
    a-pa-seo byeong-wo-ne wa-sseo-yo.

Your turn

How do you say “I came to the hospital” in Korean?

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병원에 왔어요. byeong-wo-ne wa-sseo-yo.

Situation talk

A어디 가요?eo-di ga-yo?Where are you going?

B병원에 가요.byeong-wo-ne ga-yo.To the doctor.

병원 covers both big hospitals and small clinics. Doctor = 의사 (ui-sa).

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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