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N(으)로 and N 쯤 grammars =

to/by/using, about/around
~direction, means, and
approximation particles
N(으)로, N 쯤 direction and approximation particles in Korean = to/by/using,
about/around ~direction, means, and approximation particles

1. N(으)로 particle = ‘to/toward’ or ‘by/using/from’ in English

Usage:
- (1) Express a direction = ‘to’ or ‘toward’
- (2) Express means of transport, tools, or materials used to make something = ‘by’, ‘using’,
‘with’, or ‘from’

Noun ending in vowel or ㄹ + 로:


버스로 가요. = go by bus
배로 왔어요. = came by vessel
한국말로 하세요. = please speak in Korean
칼로 잘라요. = cut using knife

Noun ending in consonant + 으로:


왼쪽으로 /오른쪽으로 가세요. = please go to the left/to the right.
콩으로 만들었어요. = made from bean.
젓가락으로 먹어요. = eat using chopsticks.

Examples:

1. 저기에서 오른쪽으로 가세요. 은행이 나와요.


Please go to the right from there. You will see a bank.

2. 인천에서 제주도까지 비행기로 가요.


I go from Incheon to Jeju by airplane.

3. 가위로 종이를 잘라요.


I cut the paper with scissors.

4. 쌀로 떡을 만들었어요.
I made tteok (rice) cake from rice.

5. 밀가루로 빵을 만들어요.
I made bread from flour.

6. 이 과자가 맛있어요. 뭐로 만들었어요?


- 이 과자는 찹쌀로 만들었어요.
This biscuit is good. What's it made of?
- It is made of sticky rice.

7. 대전에서 분산에 어떻게 가요?


- 버스로 가세요. 버스 시간표가 편해요.
How do you go from Daejeon to Busan?
- Please go by bus. Its time schedule is comfortable.

8. 실례합니다. 우체국이 어디에 있어요?


- 저 약국 앞에서 오른쪽으로 가세요.
Excuse me. Where is the post office?
- Please go to the right from the pharmacy over there.

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