Lesson 20 · Hours, Commuting & Travel Routes

Hyeju’s Beginner Korean Vocabulary · Lesson 20

Hours, Commuting & Travel Routes

Learn 12 Korean words for opening, closing, departures, arrivals, places, and a.m./p.m. times, with route and schedule practice.

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Introduction

A schedule needs a start and an end; a trip needs a departure and an arrival. Review familiar places and time words, then add action words for schedules and journeys. The examples are language practice, not current business hours or train timetables.

Romanization is a reading aid, not a complete pronunciation guide. Read Hangul first. Notes marked “Review” revisit earlier themes; other words extend today’s topic.

Today’s Vocabulary

시작하다

sijakhada · to start

시작하다 can take an object. Here 수업을 is the class we start.

수업을 시작해요.sueobeul sijakhaeyoWe start the class.

끝나다

kkeunnada · to end; to finish

The event itself takes 이/가. 끝내다 means to finish something; it is a different verb.

수업이 끝나요.sueobi kkeunnayoThe class ends.

열다

yeolda · to open

문 = door. 열다 is an action; 열어요 does not simply mean is open.

문을 열어요.muneul yeoreoyoI open the door.

닫다

datda · to close

Regular ㄷ: 닫다 → 닫아요. Compare 듣다 → 들어요.

문을 닫아요.muneul dadayoI close the door.

출발하다

chulbalhada · to depart; to set off

출발 is the departure noun. 출발하다 describes setting off.

기차가 출발해요.gichaga chulbalhaeyoThe train departs.

도착하다

dochakhada · to arrive

The arrival place takes 에. Pair with 출발하다.

부산에 도착해요.busan-e dochakhaeyoI arrive in Busan.

집

jip · home; house

Review: 에서 marks a starting place here. It marked an activity place in Lesson 12.

집에서 학교에 가요.jib-eseo hakgyo-e gayoI go from home to school.

학교

hakgyo · school

Review of a familiar destination. Lesson 20 Grammar adds 까지 for an endpoint.

학교에 가요.hakgyo-e gayoI go to school.

서울

Seoul · Seoul

A city name; write the familiar place name Seoul in romanization.

서울에 있어요.Seoul-e isseoyoI am in Seoul.

부산

Busan · Busan

A city in Korea. Use actual place names when practicing a route.

부산에 가요.Busan-e gayoI go to Busan.

오전

ojeon · a.m.; before noon

Review of time. Pair 오전 with 오후 to avoid ambiguity.

오전 아홉 시에 시작해요.ojeon ahop si-e sijakhaeyoWe start at nine a.m.

오후

ohu · p.m.; after noon

Review. 오후 다섯 시 is 5 p.m., not 5 a.m.

오후 다섯 시에 끝나요.ohu daseot si-e kkeunnayoIt ends at five p.m.

Useful Phrases

오전 아홉 시에 시작해요.ojeon ahop si-e sijakhaeyoWe start at nine a.m.

오후 다섯 시에 끝나요.ohu daseot si-e kkeunnayoIt ends at five p.m.

서울에서 출발해요.Seoul-eseo chulbalhaeyoI depart from Seoul.

Make Your Own Sentences

Write a two-part schedule: 오전 아홉 시에 시작해요. 오후 다섯 시에 끝나요. Then write a simple journey: 서울에서 출발해요. 부산에 도착해요. The grammar lesson combines the endpoints with 부터, 에서, and 까지.

Hyeju’s Note

Say a sentence you can use in your own life. Change just one noun or one action at a time, then read the full sentence aloud.

Mini Practice

1. Depart: ___. Arrive: ___.

2. The class ends: 수업(이 / 을) 끝나요.

3. Open the door: 문을 ___.

4. Close the door: 문을 ___.

5. Choose 5 p.m.: (오전 / 오후) 다섯 시.

6. Write one departure sentence and one arrival sentence.

Check the answers

1. 출발하다; 도착하다. Polite forms: 출발해요; 도착해요.

2. 이. The class is the event that ends.

3. 열어요.

4. 닫아요.

5. 오후.

6. Sample: 서울에서 출발해요. 부산에 도착해요. Other real place names are possible.

Today’s Key Point

시작해요 ↔ 끝나요; 출발해요 ↔ 도착해요.

Distinguish an action from a state: 문을 열어요 = open the door.

오전 and 오후 clarify a.m. and p.m.

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