✅ Day 24: Transportation in Korean – I Take the Bus, Let’s Ride the Subway!

📘 Day 24: Transportation in Korean – I Take the Bus, Let’s Ride the Subway!

Welcome back! Today, we're talking about one of the most essential daily life topics: Transportation in Korean! Whether you’re traveling in Korea or just having a conversation with friends, knowing how to say “I take the bus” or “Let’s ride the subway” is super useful.

In this lesson, you’ll learn:

• 🚍 Korean words for public transportation
• 🚆 How to say you’re taking a bus or subway
• 🧭 Practical sentences and real-life dialogues
• 📝 Mini quiz for review

🚇 Basic Transportation Vocabulary

English	Korean	Romanization
bus	버스	beo-seu
subway	지하철	ji-ha-cheol
train	기차	gi-cha
taxi	택시	taek-si
car	자동차	ja-dong-cha
bike	자전거	ja-jeon-geo
walk	도보	do-bo

🗣️ Useful Transportation Verbs

• 타다 – ta-da → to ride, to take
• 내리다 – nae-ri-da → to get off
• 갈아타다 – ga-ra-ta-da → to transfer

✅ Common Sentences

• 저는 버스를 타요. – jeo-neun beo-seu-reul ta-yo → I take the bus.
• 지하철을 타고 회사에 가요. – ji-ha-cheol-eul ta-go hoe-sa-e ga-yo → I go to work by subway.
• 여기서 내릴게요. – yeo-gi-seo nae-ril-ge-yo → I’ll get off here.
• 다음 역에서 갈아타세요. – da-eum yeok-e-seo ga-ra-ta-se-yo → Transfer at the next station.

🚏 Dialogue – Going to Work

A: 어떻게 출근해요?
eo-tteo-ke chul-geun-hae-yo? – How do you get to work?

B: 저는 버스를 타고 지하철로 갈아타요.
jeo-neun beo-seu-reul ta-go ji-ha-cheol-lo ga-ra-ta-yo – I take the bus and transfer to the subway.

A: 와, 복잡하네요!
wa, bok-jap-ha-ne-yo! – Wow, that sounds complicated!

🚦 Real-World Situations

Here are a few more phrases you might use while traveling:

• 이 버스는 어디로 가요? – i beo-seu-neun eo-di-ro ga-yo? → Where does this bus go?
• 몇 번 버스를 타야 해요? – myeot beon beo-seu-reul ta-ya hae-yo? → Which bus should I take?
• 택시 잡아주세요. – taek-si jab-a-ju-se-yo → Please get me a taxi.

📝 Quiz Time!

1. How do you say “I take the subway” in Korean?
   a) 버스를 타요
   b) 지하철을 타요 ✅
   c) 택시를 타요
2. What is “갈아타다” in English?
   a) to take
   b) to stop
   c) to transfer ✅
3. What’s the Korean word for “bike”?
   a) 자전거 ✅
   b) 기차
   c) 자동차

✅ Conclusion

Great job! 🎉 In this Day 24 lesson, you learned:

• Basic transportation vocabulary in Korean
• Key verbs like “take,” “get off,” and “transfer”
• Real-life sentences and expressions
• Mini quiz to check your understanding

Next time you’re in Korea or just practicing with a friend, try using these phrases when talking about how you get around!

📘 Coming Up Next

In Day 25, we’ll talk about shopping in Korean – how to ask prices, say “I want this,” and how to bargain at a market!

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