"Whenever I go" in Korean
Hey there,
I once learned that you can't use "-ㄹ 때" with the verbs 가다 and 오다.
So, for example to say "When I come home, I will..." you need to use "면":
집에 오면...
So far so correct, I hope?
But now I wonder, what about the form "-ㄹ 때 마다" (meaning "Whenever I do...")
Is there the same restriction?
Then how could I say: "Whenever I go to my school I pass a nice shop?" or "Whenever I come home I feed my cat"?
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Answers · 5
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~면 ~ 할거야 When I ~~., I will
e.g.) When I go home, I'll sleep right away.
집에 가면 바로 잘거야.
When I graduate, I'll work.
졸업하면 일할거야.
~할 때마다 is a bit different.
I'd say ~할 때마다 ~ 해 is right way of forming a sentence.
예) 난 집에 갈 때마다 문방구에 들러.
Whenever I go home, I visit stationery store on the way.
예2) 공부하려고 할 때마다 졸려 죽겠어.
Whenever I try to study, I feel sleepy to death (in direct translation... of cousrse there can be smoother translation)
So the following sentences might be...
Whenever I go to my school I pass a nice shop?"
= 학교에 갈 때마다 항상 멋진 가게를 지나쳐서 가. (or 지나가)
"Whenever I come home I feed my cat"?
집에 오면 고양이에게 밥을 줘. or 집에 오면 항상 고양이에게 밥을 줘. (먹이를 줘).
I feel awkward to put ~할 때마다 in the sentence above.
we use ~할 때마다 when you do something and the action is the result of what you do.
But in the sentence above, you just feed your cat that's all...
Just use ~하면 ~해 in the sentence above.
another good example of ~할때마다 ~ 해 would be
아침에 일어날때마다 온몸이 쑤셔.
Whenever I get up in the morning, my whole body aches.
Hope you understand.
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Ah thanks a bunch for looking! Well, seems to me now, that "올 때마다" is perfectly valid 8-/
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I found an example. First one on this page: http://dic.daum.net/search.do?q=%EB%95%8C%20%EB%A7%88%EB%8B%A4&dic=eng
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Yeah I read this already, but thanks :)
As you noticed the example for 가다 and 오다 when used with -ㄹ 때 마다 is missing there - thus I came here and asked :D
If you find more information, Mojave, I'd be happy if you shared it :D
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I have a feeling you read this already since it describes *exactly* what you are talking about, without giving any example of what to do with 가다 and 오다 when used with -ㄹ 때 마다. But just in case you haven't read it, it may prove useful. http://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-42/
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