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In this episode of “Ask Hyojin”, Hyojin explains what the meaning of “갔다와요” is.
갔다와요 literally means “go and come back.” You say this when someone is leaving and you know that person is coming back. In English, people don’t really say “go and come back” so, it can be translated into “Have fun” or “Be careful” or even “See you.”
You should have also mentioned that it’s used in the past tense to actually mean I went and came back as in:
병원에 갔다왔어요.
it’s unlikely to mean have fun or be careful in this sense.
haha, thanks Fanwarrior
Hi, Fanwarrior!
Thanks for the feedback.
But for this video, I wanted to introduce the specific expression “갔다와요.” Not the meaning of “갔다오다.” “갔다와요” as a fixed expression means “Have fun” or “Be careful.”
But, like you said, the verb “갔다오다” means “to go and come back,” so it can be translated into many other ways too. ^-^
Since it ends in 요 then can be used in all kind of situations ?
Hi, Rigo!
Yes, the -요 part makes it formal BUT there is even politer way to say this. “다녀오세요.” 다니다 is a honorific word for 가다. So, 갔다와요 is less polite then 다녀오세요 but still politer than 갔다와.
Thanks for the lesson!
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Nice little lesson. Useful! Thanks!