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시장 (market)

A traditional market alley with vegetable and fruit stalls; a woman with a shopping basket picks fruit; a vendor at a stall behind.
시장[시장] si-jangmarket

Build it up — listen and repeat

  1. 시장market
    si-jang
  2. 시장에서at the market
    si-jang-e-seo
  3. 시장에서 사요buy at the market
    si-jang-e-seo sa-yo
  4. 시장에서 과일을 사요.I buy fruit at the market.
    si-jang-e-seo gwa-i-reul sa-yo.

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

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시장에 가요. si-jang-e ga-yo.

Situation talk

A어디서 사셨어요?eo-di-seo sa-syeo-sseo-yo?Where did you buy these?

B시장에서 샀어요.si-jang-e-seo sa-sseo-yo.At the market.

사셨어요 is the polite (honorific) form of 샀어요, bought — used for an older person.

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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