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-(으)러

-(eu)reo

The feet move first: -(으)러

The picture Putting one errand in your bag and stepping out the door. The purpose is the load; the body carries it somewhere.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in -(으)러

  1. the errand you carry out

    점심 먹으러 갑시다.

    jeom-sim meo-geu-reo gap-si-da

    Let's go get lunch.

  2. why you went that far

    친구 만나 홍대에 갔어요.

    chin-gu man-na-reo hong-dae-e ga-sseo-yo

    I went to Hongdae to meet a friend.

  3. a quick trip out and back

    약 사 약국에 다녀올게요.

    yak sa-reo yak-gu-ge da-nyeo-ol-ge-yo

    I'll run to the pharmacy for some medicine.

  4. what brought you here

    택배 찾으러 왔는데요.

    taek-bae cha-jeu-reo wan-neun-de-yo

    I'm here to pick up a parcel.

  5. a trip you keep making

    매주 수영하 다녀요.

    mae-ju su-yeong-ha-reo da-nyeo-yo

    I go swimming every week.

    Only verbs of movement — 가다, 오다, 다니다 — may follow -(으)러. 먹으러 공부해요 is wrong.

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