가다
ga-da
가다 is one arrow pointing away from you
The picture A single arrow leaving the spot where you stand and heading off. Anything moving away rides it.
Where the picture shows up in 가다
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you move away
저 먼저 갈게요.
jeo meon-jeo gal-kke-yo
I'll head off first.
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heading that way
이 버스 시청 가요?
i beo-seu si-cheong ga-yo
Does this bus go to City Hall?
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time moves away
시간이 참 빨리 가네요.
si-ga-ni cham ppal-li ga-ne-yo
Time really flies, doesn't it.
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the work moves on
일이 잘 되어 가고 있어요.
i-ri jal doe-eo ga-go i-sseo-yo
It's coming along nicely.
-아/어 가다 is a flow continuing forward; -아/어 오다 is a flow that has come up to now.
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your eyes go there
그 사람한테 자꾸 눈이 가요.
geu sa-ram-han-te ja-kku nu-ni ga-yo
I keep glancing over at that person.