To do something - ~기 위해

To do something - ~기 위해

This is the expression used to show that you purpose to do something. For example,

  • 아브라함은 대학 가기 위해 열심히 공부를 했다 = To go to college, Abraham studied hard.
In the sentence above, the reason why Abraham studied hard is because he's purposed to go to college.
  • 점심 먹기 위해 레스토랑에 들어 갔다 = To eat lunch, we went into the restaurant.
We went into the restaurant because we'd purposed to eat lunch.

Therefore, the clause containing ~기 위해 is the reason for doing something revealed in the rest of the sentence.

Rules

● Add 위해 to a nominalized verb. Also see (Nouns - Nominalizing Verbs)
  • 읽기 위해 = To read
  • 쓰기 위해 = To write
  • 듣기 위해 = To listen
  • 말하기 위해 = To speak
  • 가기 위해 = To go
  • 오기 위해 = To come
  • 보기 위해 = To watch
  • 먹기 위해 = To eat
  • 자기 위해 = To sleep
  • 달리기 위해 = To run
  • 사기 위해 =  To buy
  • 팔기 위해 = To sell
  • 서기 위해 = To stand
  • 앉기 위해 = To sit
  • 살기 위해 = To live
  • 죽기 위해 = To die
Eg.
  • 한글을 읽기 위해 한국어를 공부했다. = To read Korean words, I studied Korean.
  • 자유의 여신상을 보기 위해 뉴욕에 갔다. = To see the Statue of Liberty, we went to New York.
  • 그녀는 필리핀에 가기 위해 비행기 티켓을 샀다. = To go to the Philippines, she bought a flight ticket.
  • 유다에 도착한 룻은 시어머니를 돕기 위해 일을 했다 = Ruth, who arrived in Judah, to support her mother-in-law, she worked. (An excerpt from 룻 이야기)
한글 = Korean (writing)
한국어 = Korean (language)
자유의 여신상 = The Statue of Liberty
필리핀 = The Philippines
비행기 티켓 = flight ticket
유다 = Judah
룻 = Ruth
시어머니 = Mother-in-law
돕다 = support
돕기 위해 = To support

7 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for the lessons! I haven`t come across one like this yet..you`re so generous for making it free for everybody..again you`re doing a good job!

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  2. Thank you! I appreciate your comment.
    I hope you're getting most out of my lessons.

    And if there is any grammar or phrase that you'd like to know more about, please leave it in your comment.

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  3. thank you so much... i really learn from this... could you please when and how to use "hal teh" because if ofter hear it but i dont know the meaning....

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  4. 할 때 basically means, "when I do something."

    공부 할 때 음악을 듣는다 = When I study, I listen to music.

    Please refer to "Conjunctions - When"
    http://parksguide.blogspot.com/2008/09/conjunctions-when.html

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  5. wow.. Philippines..my country..hehe just saw that..*random* ;DD

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  6. Your kindness and generosity giving me opportunity to learn Korean. Thank You Very Much. I heard a lot from drama this word "curious" (gung ma or gung me), how to write in korean?

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  7. Could you please to check my grammar and usage?
    저는 한국에 가기위해 한국어 시험을 잘 할 거예요.

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