집에 가다
jibe gada
To go home in Korean is 집에 가다 (jibe gada).
The phrase is used to describe the action of returning to one's house.
Meaning: return to one's house (verb)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of 집 (house/home), the particle 에 (to) and 가다 (to go).
How does it change in a sentence?
The polite form is 집에 가요 and the informal/casual form is 집에 가. To express the past tense in a polite way, use 집에 갔어요. If you want to express the desire to go home, add -고 싶어요 to the verb stem to get 집에 가고 싶어요.
How do you pronounce it?
jibe gada
Did you know?
- In Korean culture, rather than just saying 'go home', people often use the phrase 조심히 들어가세요 ('please enter/go home safely') as a way to say 'goodbye' when parting ways.
- The word 집 (home) is used so broadly in Korea that even small shops and restaurants like a 'tteokbokki house' are called 떡볶이집, making a commercial business sound like a private residence.
- In many social situations, instead of saying 집에 가요, Koreans might say 집에 들어가요 ('enter the house') to sound more natural or polite.
Examples in context
- 일이 많으셨으니 집으로 가세요.Since you had a lot of work, please go home.
- 다음에 뵙겠습니다. 지금은 집에 가십시오.See you next time. Please go home now.
- 다들 이제 집으로 가야 해.Everyone, we all need to go home now.
- 우리 집에 가자.Let's go home.
