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학교 (school)

Two students with backpacks walk across the schoolyard toward a red-brick school building; a slide and swings on the side.
학교[학꾜] hak-kkyoschool

Sound tip — written 학교, sounds like [학꾜]. After the batchim (bottom consonant) ㄱ, the next ㄱ becomes a tense ㄲ.

Build it up — listen and repeat

  1. 학교school
    hak-kkyo
  2. 학교에 가요go to school
    hak-kkyo-e ga-yo
  3. 같이 학교에 가요go to school together
    ga-chi hak-kkyo-e ga-yo
  4. 친구하고 같이 학교에 가요.I go to school with my friend.
    chin-gu-ha-go ga-chi hak-kkyo-e ga-yo.

Your turn

How do you say “I go to school” in Korean?

Show the answer

학교에 가요. hak-kkyo-e ga-yo.

Situation talk

A학교 가요?hak-kkyo ga-yo?Off to school?

B네, 지금 가요!ne, ji-geum ga-yo!Yes, I'm going now!

In speech, 에 is often dropped: 학교에 가요 → 학교 가요.

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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