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How to Say Commute in Korean: chul geun

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How do Koreans say "Commute to work"?

์ถœ๊ทผ (chul-geun) commute is the standard word for going to the office in the morning.

Q2. What is "Leaving work" and "Company" in Korean?

ํ‡ด๊ทผ (toe-geun) leaving work and ํšŒ์‚ฌ (hoe-sa) company are everyday office words.

Q3. How do you say "Hell train" and "Employee badge"?

์ง€์˜ฅ์ฒ  (ji-ok-cheol) hell train and ์‚ฌ์›์ฆ (sa-won-jeung) employee badge are realistic corporate terms.

EPS TOPIK: How to Say "Commute" in Korean

What does "์ถœ๊ทผ (chul-geun)" mean?

์ถœ๊ทผ (chul-geun) means "commuting to work" or "going to the office."

Casual: ์ถœ๊ทผ์ด์•ผ (chul-geun-i-ya) - Friends/family
Polite: ์ถœ๊ทผ์ด์—์š” (chul-geun-i-e-yo) - Standard everyday
Formal: ์ถœ๊ทผ์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค (chul-geun-im-ni-da) - Official/respectful

Grammar Breakdown

์ถœ (chul) = go out / leave
๊ทผ (geun) = work / duty
โ†’ ์ถœ๊ทผ (chul-geun) = going to work.

When to Use It

1. Morning routine: "ํšŒ์‚ฌ์— ์ถœ๊ทผํ•ด์š” (hoe-sa-e chul-geun-hae-yo)" (I commute to the company).
2. End of day: Using ํ‡ด๊ทผ (toe-geun) leaving work.
3. Office life: Talking about ํšŒ์‚ฌ (hoe-sa) company, ์ง€์˜ฅ์ฒ  (ji-ok-cheol) hell train, or ์‚ฌ์›์ฆ (sa-won-jeung) employee badge.

Real-Life Examples

์˜ค๋Š˜ ์ผ์ฐ ์ถœ๊ทผํ•ด์š”. o-neul il-jjik chul-geun-hae-yo.

I go to work early today.

ํ‡ด๊ทผํ•˜๊ณ  ์‹ถ์–ด์š”. toe-geun-ha-go sip-eo-yo.

I want to leave work.

์ง€์˜ฅ์ฒ ์„ ํƒ€์š”. ji-ok-cheol-eul ta-yo.

I ride the crowded subway.

Similar Expressions

โ€ข ํ‡ด๊ทผ (toe-geun) leaving work
โ€ข ํšŒ์‚ฌ (hoe-sa) company
โ€ข ์ง€์˜ฅ์ฒ  (ji-ok-cheol) hell train
โ€ข ์‚ฌ์›์ฆ (sa-won-jeung) employee badge

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