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- 다녀오겠습니다
번역되지 않는 말 · Hard to translate
다녀오겠습니다 danyeoogetseumnida
literally “I will go and come back”
a goodbye with the coming home already built in
Leaving the house, a Korean says 다녀오겠습니다, "I will go and come back", and coming home, 다녀왔습니다, "I went and came back". The return is built into the goodbye. English has "bye" and "I'm home", two unrelated phrases for what Korean treats as one round trip.
The closest English
“see you later”
Promises a meeting. 다녀오겠습니다 promises a return home.
“I'm off”
Only the leaving.
“I'm home”
Matches 다녀왔습니다, but English has no pair for the way out.
In a sentence
“그래서 올해는 여름부터 계획을 세워서 표를 미리 사 두었고, 고향에 잘 다녀왔습니다.”
“So this year I made a plan back in the summer and bought my ticket early, and I made it home.”
Hoya says it
Hoya
소리쌤, 시장에 다녀올게요! 호떡 사 올게요.
Sori-ssaem, I'm popping out to the market, back soon! I'll bring some hotteok.