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Decoded Slug: 아/어/여 오다 [a/eo/yeo oda] (Come to do)
Korean Grammar Point
아/어/여 오다 [a/eo/yeo oda] (Come to do)
아/어/여 오다 [a/eo/yeo oda] (Come to do)
Short explanation:
This pattern is used to convey the meaning 'come to do', 'end up doing', or 'eventually do'.
Formation:
Verb stem + 아/어/여 오다 (If the verb stem’s last syllable has a final consonant, use '아 오다', if it ends in 'ㅏ' or 'ㅗ', use '아 오다', but in any other cases, use '어 오다')
Examples:
그 여우는 손바닥 위에 닭을 볼 수 있기 때문에 먹으러 왔어요.
Geu yeouneun sonbadak wie dalkeul bol su itgi ttaemune meogeureo wasseoyo.
That fox came to eat because it could see the chicken on the palm.
방학이 되니까 친구들과 함께 여행가려고 왔어요.
Banghagi doinikka chingudeulgwa hamkke yeohaenggareyogo wasseoyo.
Since it's the holidays, I came to travel with my friends.
다이어트를 시작하려고 일찍 집에서 나와 운동하러 왔어요.
Daieoteureul sijakharyeogo iljjik jibeseo nawa undonghareo wasseoyo.
I left the house early and came to exercise to start a diet.
너무 많이 먹었기 때문에 걷기 시작해서 집에 도착하다시피 했어요.
Neomu mani meogeotgi ttaemune geotgi sijakhaeseo jibe dochakhadasihaesseoyo.
I ate so much that I started walking and almost arrived home.
Long explanation:
It is a structure used in Korean language to express the progression of an action, translated as 'come to (do something)', 'end up (doing something)', or 'eventually (do something)'. It implies that the speaker didn’t intend to do the action or it was unexpected to them. This grammar form is usually used with action verbs.