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집에 가요
I am going home
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집 means home or house, and 가요 means “go.” Korean uses 에 to mark the destination: 집에 가요.
The present polite form can mean “I am going” when the action is happening now or planned soon. Context supplies the exact time.
To ask someone, say 집에 가요? with rising intonation: “Are you going home?”
Examples
이제 집에 가요.
Ije jibe gayo.
I am going home now.
몇 시에 집에 가요?
Myeot sie jibe gayo.
What time do you go home?
Mini dialogue
A: 지금 뭐 해요?
A: What are you doing now?
B: 집에 가요.
B: I am going home.
Common mistakes
- Use 에 for the destination, not 에서.
- 집에 있어요 means “I am at home,” not “I am going home.”
How to practice
- A very common everyday phrase after work, school, or meeting friends.
- 집에 돌아가요 is more explicitly “return home,” but 집에 가요 is usually enough.
Check yourself
Question 1 of 1
Which particle marks the destination in 집에 가요?
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