"저는 길을 걸어요."
Translation:I walk along the street.
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None of them. Confusing way to translate it, probably better to say "down the street" since that's how we say it commonly.
I think the literal translation would be "I walk the street", but that comes with connotations that don't match the Korean meaning, so another word was added to make a more faithful translation.
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Yes, you are right. They both mean walk. However, 걷습니다 is formal whereas 걸어요 is polite.
From my understanding, the formal speech level (합쇼체) is used with teachers, doctors, people of higher social rank, employers, elderly family members, elderly strangers, people you want to show respect to, people you do a service to (e.g. a cashier talking to a customer) etc.
The polite speech level (해요체) is used with peers, coworkers, strangers (a little older or a little younger than you), people you get service from (e.g. a customer talking to a cashier), etc.
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걸어요 reminds me of correr. Considering the loanword 빵,it wouldn't surprise me if this were a loanword (I know running and walking are not the same,but it's close enough). Either way it's a nice memonic
5 essential verbs Part 2 1.To sleep=자다 Present tense=자요 (I sleep). Past tense=잤어요 (I slept). Future tense=잘 거예요 (I will sleep).
2.To buy=사다 Present tense=사요 (I buy). Past tense=샀어요 (I bought). Future tense=살 거예요 (I will buy).
3.To wake up/to get up=일어나다 Present tense=일어나요 (I wake up). Past tense=일어났어요 (I woke up). Future tense=일어날 거예요 (I will wake up).
4.To wear/to put on=입다 Present tense=입어요 (I wear). Past tense=입었어요 (I wore). Future tense=입을 거예요 (I will wear).
5.To have/to be there/to exist=있다 Present tense=있어요 (It is there/I have). Past tense=있었어요 (It was there/I had). Future tense=있을 거예요 (It will be there).
Next verbs in next question.
A street has buildings and whatnot next to it and its primary purpose is to make these accessible, whereas a road connects places (towns, distant neighborhoods, etc). Think "Main Street" vs the county road.
However, this distinction is mostly historical and the two terms have come to mean roughly the same thing. These days, I think most people think of a road as being generally bigger or higher speeds than a street and that's about the extent of it.
I'm not sure if Korean makes the distinction and many (most?) native English speakers don't either.
So in Korean would you only say " I walk the street" to express "I walk along the street" or is there a word correlating to the word "along" or "down the . . ." that could also be used?
"저는 길로 걸어요." should suit this English sentence better, but this particle doesn't appear until later.
