Asking for Directions

어떻게 가요? [eo-tteo-ke ga-yo?]
How do I get there?

• 어떻게 [eo-tteo-ke] means "how"
• 가요? [ga-yo?] means "I go?"
• Literally means "How, I go?"

To ask where a specific place is, add the word for "place" before this question.

Place + 에 [e] + 어떻게 가요?

이태원에 어떻게 가요? [i-tae-won-e eo-tteo-ke ga-yo?]
How do I get to Itaewon?

• 이태원 [i-tae-won] means "Itaewon"
• 에 [e] in this case means "to"
• Literally means "Itaewon, to, how do I get there?"

지하철로 가요. [ji-ha-cheol-ro ga-yo]
You'll go by subway.

• 지하철 [ji-ha-cheol] means "subway"
• 로 [ro] marks something as a way, a method, or tool
• Literally means "subway, by, you go"

Transportation-related words

버스 [beo-seu]
Bus

자동차 [ja-dong-cha]
Car

기차 [gi-cha]
Train

비행기 [bi-haeng-gi]
Airplane

택시 [taek-si]
Taxi

지하철 [ji-ha-cheol]
Subway

자전거 [ja-jeon-geo]
Bicycle

배 [bae]
Boat, Ship

• A: 롯데월드에 어떻게 가요? [rot-de-wol-deu-e eo-tteo-ke ga-yo?]
  How do I get to Lotte World?
• B: 지하철로 가요.
  You go by subway.
• A: 명동에 어떻게 가요? [myeong-dong-e eo-tteo-ke ga-yo?]
  How do I get to Myeongdong?
• B: 버스로 가요.
  You go by bus.