집에 도착했어요
jibe dochakhaesseoyo
To say I am home in Korean, use 집에 도착했어요 (jibe dochakhaesseoyo), literally I arrived home.
집에 도착했어요 reports that you have reached your house, for example in a text message. To add just now, say 방금 집에 도착했어.
What does it mean word for word?
집 means home, 에 means at or to and 도착했어요 means arrived.
Which one should you use?
When you actually walk through the door, Koreans more commonly say 다녀왔습니다, I'm back, to family or housemates. 집에 도착했어요 sounds more like a factual report of where you are. 집에 왔어. is a colloquial way to say I came home.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
다녀왔습니다 is the standard polite greeting, while 다녀왔어 is the casual version for siblings, children or close friends. 집에 도착했습니다. is formal, and 집에 도착했어. is casual.
How do you pronounce it?
It is romanized as jibe dochakhaesseoyo.
When do people say it?
Family members often answer someone coming home with 왔어?, you're back? Or the polite 어서오세요, welcome.
Did you know?
- The word 집 for home is also used in Korean to describe a specialized shop or restaurant, such as a 떡집 for a rice cake shop.
- In traditional Korean culture, the act of returning home was often accompanied by removing shoes in the 현관 entryway to keep the 'outside' world separate from the 'inside' purity of the home.
- The phrase 어서오세요 is often used by shopkeepers to welcome customers, but it can also be used as a very polite way to welcome someone into a home.
Examples in context
- 저 집에 도착했어요.jeo jibe dochakaesseoyo.I arrived home.
- 드디어 집에 도착했어요!deudieo jibe dochakaesseoyo!I finally arrived home!
- 방금 집에 도착했어요.banggeum jibe dochakaesseoyo.I just arrived home.
Example conversation
Jieun arrives at her apartment and calls Dohyun.
- 지은 Ji-eun도현 씨, 저 집에 도착했어요.Dohyun ssi, jeo jibe dochakaesseoyo.Dohyun, I am home.
- 도현 Do-hyeon고생 많았어요, 지은 씨.gosaeng manasseoyo, Jieun ssi.You worked hard, Jieun.
- 지은 Ji-eun이제 좀 쉬려고요.ije jom swiryeogoyo.I am going to rest now.
- 도현 Do-hyeon푹 쉬세요.puk swiseyo.Get some good rest.
