"그는 무엇을 하러 학교에 갑니까?"

Translation: What does he go to school for?

[Quinnlimm]

I ask myself this every day, along with other existential questions like 저는 왜 여기에 있습니다

[Staszek456]

You rather mean 저는 왜 여기에 있습니까?

~습니다 is for statements, 습니까 for questions, both in formal polite speech level. It's quite important to not confuse those two

On a side note, it's not very natural to use formal polite speech level when talking to yourself... It would be more natural to say 왜 여기에 있어, or 왜 여기에 있니, or 왜 여기에 있는가?

[Wavesofkhushi]

Same (⊙○⊙) here

[17Elliot]

Is this a Busted reference?

[AskhSyud]

I love this song!

[pbow2424]

Is this like 'why does he go to school' or 'what does he go to school to do'?

I'm confused by the 'in order to' translation of hareo

[Adrienne_F]

When a verb ends with -러 and is followed by 가나, it can be translated as "going in order to verb"

So -hareo here means what he goes to school to do (-러 is being attached to the verb "하다," which means to do)

[Pixel505289]

Thank you so much.

[Pentham]

It's worth pointing out that Koreans won't normally use 'he' and 'she' in spoken language. Here is a great video explaining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2250kOXVaGE

[Shaxton]

Thanks for the very good video. Too bad Duolingo never uses the common word 걔 in these exercises!

[zzing7]

If a boy go to school on sunday, his mom wonders why he goes to school and what he will do there.
엄마: 뭐하러(무엇 하러) 학교에 가니?
아들: 친구와 축구하러요.

The question has almost same meaning 학교에 왜 가니?

[liana.rouskorus]

How would you say "What must he do in order to go to school?"

[wintertriangles]

If by "go to school" you mean get admitted, then: 그는 학교에 입학 허가를 받기 위해서 무엇을 해야 합니까?

[JuliaRae9]

This is the first time i listened to the audio file slow and fast and was like ❤❤❤ both times

[JohnCiacci1]

It's a good example of how it can be difficult to pick up on small words or particles. I practice while watching dramas and learning conjunctions really helped.

[Sanjana0901]

can someone please explain the translation of this sentence. which part translates to 'for'?

[mhin1]

그는 무엇을 하러 학교에 갑니까?

• 그는 = "Regarding him"
• 무엇을 = "what"
• 하러 = "in order to do"
• 학교에 = "at school"
• 갑니까 = "go?"

Compiling the words together we get: "Regarding him, he goes to school in order to do what?" More naturally this is: "What does he go to school for?"

그는 무엇을 하러 학교에 갑니까? ("What does he go to school for?")

공부하러 학교에 갑니다. ("He goes to school to study.")

[Sanjana0901]

Thank you, super helpful!

[vintagetiffany]

Thank you! This is the plainest explanation.

[FlorenceCo285992]

Thank you.

[RushaliPra]

My mom when i tell her the school gossip

[V375981]

Does this mean that the "he" is a real nuisance and so someone asks this or they actually don't know what "he" does in school?

[thines01]

For what does he go to school?

[Yoshi.5]

relatable

[ketilOgAstrid]

Can it also imply
"Why on earth does he (bother to) go to school", or is it only more like "What's his purpose for going to school"?

[T._S.]

"What does he go to the school to do?"

[Aerchii]

The way it was phrased seemed a bit weird since it said "In order to do", but I still understood.

[Pedro832907]

why is that "하" there? why dont only put "러"?

[thines01]

Would the answer "For what does he go to school?" be accepted?

[Radhika544783]

I am so glat because the sentence pattern in korean and hindi is some what similar......

[AskhSyud]

to see miss mckenzie maybe?

[Meso2315J]

This sentence is hard. I dont understand it . please can someone explain to me

[KhassieMin]

I tried "What is he in school for?" and got it wrong.