Textbook이 버스가 명동에 갑니까?i beo-seu-ga myeong-dong-e gap-ni-kka?Does this bus go to Myeongdong?
Real이 버스 명동 가요?i beo-seu myeong-dong ga-yo?Does this bus go to Myeongdong?🏷️ Any casual setting
Drop the 가 particle and the 습니까 ending. 가요? (goes?) is all you need. Bus drivers are busy — keep it short.
Bus vocabulary
Textbook다음 정류장에서 하차하겠습니다da-eum jeong-ryu-jang-e-seo ha-cha-ha-get-seup-ni-daI will get off at the next stop
Real다음에 내릴게요 / 여기서 내려주세요da-eum-e nae-ril-ge-yo / yeo-gi-seo nae-ryeo-ju-se-yoI'll get off at the next one / Let me off here please🏷️ Any casual setting
하차 is the formal word on signs. In speech: 내리다 (to get off). 내릴게요 = I'll get off. Press the 하차벨 (stop bell) and head to the back door.
Seoul bus color code: Blue = long routes across the city, Green = short local routes, Red = express to suburbs, Yellow = circular downtown. Knowing the color tells you the bus type instantly. Also: tag your card TWICE — boarding AND exiting. If you forget to tag off, you get charged the maximum fare.
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