~고 가다 ~고 오다 ~고 다니다 | Live Class Abridged

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:03]Hey, we're going to be learning a lot today about the verbs kada and uda, which means to go somewhere or come here. But specifically, we're going to be using these verbs together with other action verbs. I'm going to first show you what the form looks like. You take an action verb stem, so any verb where you're doing anything, and you attach.

[00:00:23]You don't use any other tense. It's just the plain stem. So is just and then or you conjugate it. Let's just say the action is sleeping.

[00:00:38]So you sleep and then or and right cool means and or and then. So and then you you go somewhere or you uda come here.

[00:00:50]Hada is just to go somewhere else and ud is just someone comes to the location where the person who's speaking that is.

[00:00:57]Let me first give you a quick example of what I'm talking about today a movie.

[00:01:06]So I watch a movie today and then to take a nap.

[00:01:15]So today I watched a movie and then I took a nap. It's the same form that we're using here with kada and uda. This is a specific usage of this form, but literally we're going to be doing the same thing. So in Korean, when you do something, it's not assumed that someone is going to leave somewhere after doing something or return somewhere after doing it. In Korean, unlike in English, for example, I'm going to go buy groceries. In English, it means so I'm going to go buy groceries, right? But it also means without saying it, it also means that you're coming back. If you say you're going to do something, you also have to include in Korean that you're coming back or that you're going somewhere after you do it. That's not assumed in the Korean language, unlike in English. And they also use often to show the order that someone's doing something. In this sentence, doesn't only mean that you did two things, watch a movie and took a nap. It also means you did them in that order.

[00:02:21]So I watched a movie and then I took a nap. So it doesn't just mean and but it also means and then. Meaning this sentence could not mean that I took a nap and then I watched a movie. It has to mean I watched a movie and then I took a nap.

[00:02:36]So let's talk about our first form then.

[00:02:39]So when you take an action verb stem and you attach and kada, let's just say the action is to eat pizza.

[00:02:50]So literally you're eating pizza and then after you eat pizza and then what happens next is you go somewhere. You're doing some sort of action and then you're going somewhere. So someone is going to leave somewhere or if you're talking about the past tense they left somewhere after they do something, right? I'm gonna do that and then I'm gonna go also means I'm gonna go but first I'm gonna do this or I'm gonna go after I do this. It's the same thing because as I said this indicates the order of how something happened. This happens and then this happens. And it's the same with someone does something and then they come here. Meaning someone is going to come here or maybe they already came here after they've done something.

[00:03:42]So I came here but first I did this or I came here after doing this or I did this before I came here. All of those are valid translations in English, right? It should make sense. You can translate it any of those ways because it's the same thing. Quo just indicates what order something happens. So here's where our forms come into play. These forms are really common ways of saying after and before. You thought that you're supposed to use the ton or who form to say after or before. But these forms are also very commonly used to say that kind of thing at least when you translate from English. Let me give you an example. Two sentences. The first one is standard is lunch. So I ate lunch. But our second sentence uses this form in this case with so in the past tense.

[00:04:37]So literally let's just take a look at this. I ate lunch. Notice that it's eat.

[00:04:41]You wouldn't do past tense except at the end of the sentence in Korean. That's not necessary. So, I ate lunch and then I left. I ate lunch and then I left. You can also translate this sentence like this. I ate lunch before I left. Right.

[00:04:58]Right. Right. It's the same thing because cool, like I said with actions can show that an action happens after another one. shows the order. So literally means I ate lunch and then I left. But more naturally, and it does sound natural in Korean, it also means I ate lunch before I left. So if someone asks you, hey, did Stewie eat his breakfast before he left today? Did Stewie eat breakfast? I don't know if if Stewie got any food. Yeah, Stewie.

[00:05:32]Yeah, he ate before he left. He had breakfast before he left. So by stating the order that something happened, you're essentially saying that something already happened or already will happen like don't worry about it. Yeah, they ate before they left is what you're saying. So if you want to tell someone, oh don't worry, I ate lunch before I came here. You would use this form either or whether you're trying to say that you go somewhere after or that you came here after doing something. Let's do another quick example.

[00:06:03]I studied at school. What did you do today?

[00:06:07]That just means you studied at school.

[00:06:12]I studied at school today and then I came here. By that you're saying, I studied before I came here. Basically, right before I came here, I was studying at school. So, if someone says, "Did you study today?" You can say in English, you could say either, "Yes, I studied today." Or, "Yeah, I studied before I came here." You can say it a bunch of different ways in English. Do you want to say that something happened before or after something? Or do you just want to say that it happened? What's a situation where you might say, "I ate lunch before I came here." Or, "I studied before I came here." What's a situation you might say that in English? It's the same in Korean. If you say, it means just I ate. But if you say, that means I'm not hungry right now because I ate before I came here.

[00:07:01]They're slightly different uses. It's just to express something happened or happens before or after something.

[00:07:09]Let me give you a few examples then. Pop literally cooked rice, but that's how you say any meal.

[00:07:17]So, I ate a meal and then I came here.

[00:07:22]Meaning I ate before I came here.

[00:07:27]So, I ate before I came here.

[00:07:30]If your mom tells you hey is your homework, so do your homework.

[00:07:37]But you say you're going to go meet your friend.

[00:07:42]Do your homework and then go. By that she would be saying do your homework first. Like go after you do your homework. So she's not just saying to do your homework, but do it and then go. By that it means go after you do your homework.

[00:08:00]Do your homework before you go.

[00:08:06]Is an ad. So, I saw the ad and came here. Basically, the reason I'm here is because I saw the advertisement. I came here after seeing your ad. I looked at your ad and then I came here. So, I came here after seeing your ad.

[00:08:20]So, I came here after seeing the ad.

[00:08:25]Coffee to drink.

[00:08:30]So, do you want to go after you drink some coffee? You want to get a coffee before we go?

[00:08:39]Let's say we make an appointment to go see a movie together, but before we see the movie together is like just a question. Do you want to drink coffee? But if you want to expressly make it clear that you mean before we go, it adds in that meaning of before we go. So you can make the sentence without it, but you just don't get that extra nuance. So it's optional, but it's a good nuance that you might want to have.

[00:09:04]So do you want to get some coffee before we go?

[00:09:10]Is just the honorific version of so it's polite to eat.

[00:09:17]And is just the honorific form of to go.

[00:09:20]So, are you eating it or drinking it and then going? Basically, are you going to go after you drink it or eat it or are you eating it before you leave? This is how you say for here or to go. So, this is like saying is it for here? Are you going to go after you eat it? And you can reply in a couple ways. You can say yes, I'll eat it here. Or you can reply is to wrap something up. So, please wrap it up. Let me get it to go. There are other verbs that also can show motion that aren't kada and uda. First of all, there are a lot of verbs that use kada and uda at the end. Like you might see koada is to walk somewhere or koro to walk here. Nagada is to go out is to come in. There are a lot of verbs like this that use kada and uda at the end.

[00:10:15]But there are also some other verbs that don't use those that you can also use in the same way.

[00:10:22]Is to depart, to leave.

[00:10:25]Is to arrive.

[00:10:28]Is to set out like to leave. Would be the opposite to is to stop by somewhere. Yeah, I stopped by here after I did this.

[00:10:42]Is to go to work. is to go home from work to leave work. So I have a couple examples to show you of this homework first before doing anything else. So I did my homework first and then is to go out like going outside. So before I went outside, I did my homework first. You're not just saying I did my homework first, but you're saying no, before I went outside, I did my homework first.

[00:11:15]is shoes. Careful how you pronounce it.

[00:11:20]Is to wear shoes means to enter into somewhere is to go in somewhere. So come in after you wear your shoes.

[00:11:35]So come in wearing your shoes. You don't need to take off your shoes.

[00:11:40]Come in with your shoes on.

[00:11:43]Again, the most important thing about this form is just to remember that co can mean and then. So when you translate that naturally, you get either after or before doing something. But there's one more important verb that this is commonly used with that we have to talk about and that is the verb pane. You take an action verb stem again, you attach co and then you attach panida.

[00:12:05]Paneida is normally how you say to commute to work or to go to school or to attend something. But it also has another meaning of to go wander around somewhere. To roam around, to go around is also tanida. That's where it gets its meaning of commuting like you're going and coming. Basically, if you use an action verb with tanida, basically you're saying that you do the action like let's say eating. You eat and then you go around. You wander around and then you attend something. You commute to work. So, you're going around doing something. By that, you mean someone's doing something continually or often.

[00:12:49]And there's an emphasis on moving around, but it's like they're doing it here and then they're doing it there and they're doing it there. They're kind of just doing it wherever they go, which emphasizes that they're doing it often.

[00:13:00]But literally, again, they're going around doing something. So, this is more of an idiomatic expression. Again, it's the exact same form we're using, but now you don't need to translate it as before or after since we can just use its literal meaning all by itself. So, let me give you an example.

[00:13:18]Everyone, this is an informal way of saying everyone like this is to wear something like over your whole body or wear your pants. So everyone wears or dresses like this.

[00:13:35]So everyone goes around dressing like this. Literally they wear like this and they go around. So everyone's going around dressed like this.

[00:13:45]Everyone's dressing up like this.

[00:13:48]So it's often used with verbs that mean to wear. You might see it with aa orinta or maybe suda like if you're wearing something like on your head because those are things that you would do and then go around after you've done them.

[00:14:03]But it can also be used with a lot of other verbs too. So let me give you a couple more examples.

[00:14:14]Money tom is like is water. So in this case is not to wear suda like on your head. This is use. So because they're going around using money like water, which is an expression that just means to be throwing around your money is a concern. So I'm worried. It worries me that they're just throwing their money all around.

[00:14:42]So I'm worried that they're just going around using money like water.

[00:14:46]Literally, I'm worried that they're just going around throwing their money everywhere.

[00:14:54]So our friend about me to talk about me you say this is just a quoting form someone says something you're telling me that is going around talking about me you say is going around talking about me there's one more common usage that you're going to see and ud and that is when you use the verb pada. Pada means to ride or take any sort of mode of transportation like if you're taking the bus, the subway, a taxi, a car. So if we use this verb with our form from before, we get or right. So you take something any method of transportation and then you go somewhere or you took something and then came here. This is how you express how you go somewhere or how someone came here by literally saying they took that method of transportation and went or they took that method of transportation and came. You're describing what method of transportation someone used to go somewhere else or to come here. If you say, "Yeah, I'm going to take the bus there."

[00:16:14]It adds that extra word in English like there. So, you're not just saying I'm taking it or I took it, but you're saying I took it here or I took it there. Let me give you an example.

[00:16:28]So, so I took a bus and came here. So, that's how I'm here. I took a bus here.

[00:16:35]You're not just saying I took a bus in general like yesterday, today, or whatever. I got here by taking a bus is the subway.

[00:16:47]Take the subway. You can just tell someone take the subway. That's fine. That just means get the heck on the subway. But if you want to say that's how you're going to get there in English, you can say take the subway there. That's how you get there is by taking the subway. Take the subway to get there.

[00:17:05]So take the subway there.

[00:17:08]There are two more verbs I need to talk about and which become or both of these mean that you are putting something down. Not means to put something down also means to put something down and then going somewhere or coming here. You're literally putting something down like I'm putting my pen down and then I'm going somewhere. By that it means you're forgetting something. In English we use the word forget but in Korean this means a piece of information. If you say that means I forgot about my pen. It doesn't mean I forgot to bring it. It doesn't mean I left it at my house. It just means I forgot it exists.

[00:17:45]Basically, like maybe you're like Jason Bourne or something. I forgot my life.

[00:17:49]If you say you're saying, I put my pen down at my house and came here. Ah, I left my pen at home. And the same goes for tuda.

[00:18:00]Tada.

[00:18:02]Da and tuda have the same translation, but tuda means more long-term. So it's not just like I left it at my house for a second, but like I permanently I put it there intending to leave it for a long time. But if you want the quick answer, just use with or with. So if you forgot your umbrella, I left my umbrella. Literally, I put my umbrella down and I came here. If you're wondering how this form is different than this form where you take a conjugated verb and then you attach kada or uda, check out my live stream from April 5th, 2020.

[00:18:42]And finally, you also might recognize this form is used in the regular verbs or means to have something like holding it basically. So you have something and then you go. That's how you say to take something with you or I brought it literally. I took it and then I came here. Is the same thing but with a person. So that's how you say to bring or to take something or someone.

[00:19:13]And if you want to learn more about this, I also give a lot of other versions because it's not just these two. Check out my live stream from December 8th, 2024 and I go over all of those and more. And that is the lesson for today. Thanks for coming and I will see you again next time. Remember that I'm not going to be doing classes until I come back from Korea. So I'll see you again in August. from.

[00:19:42]Oh, and thanks to Lexica, Flow Party, and Cosma.