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"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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~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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