pyoreul eodieseo sayo?

Where do you buy tickets?

Breakdown of pyoreul eodieseo sayo?

• 어디: where
• ~을: object particle
• ~에서: location particle
• 사다: to buy
• 표: ticket

Questions & Answers about pyoreul eodieseo sayo?

Why is 표 followed by the particle -를?

-를 is the direct‐object marker in Korean. By attaching -를 to 표, you signal that “ticket” is the thing being bought.

Why is 어디에서 used instead of 어디에 or 어디로?

• -에서 marks the location where an action takes place (“buy”).
• 어디에 would mark a static location (“where is it?”), not an action site.
• 어디로 indicates movement toward a place (“to where?”).
Buying happens at a place, so you use 어디에서 사요?

Can particles be dropped or shortened? For example, 표 어디서 사요?

Yes. In casual/spoken Korean you can:

• Drop -를, and
• Shorten 어디에서 to 어디서
  So 표 어디서 사요? is a perfectly natural conversational variant.

Why is the verb form 사요 and not 사아요?

When a verb stem ends in ㅏ or ㅗ, you add -아요 and then contract the two ㅏ’s into one.
사 + 아요 → 사아요 → 사요

What level of politeness is 사요, and how would I make it more casual or more formal?

• 사요: Polite informal (반말 존댓말).
• More casual: 사? (informal 친구말): 표 어디서 사?
• More formal/ceremonial: 삽니까? (격식체): 표를 어디에서 삽니까?

Can I change the word order? For example, 어디에서 표를 사요?

Yes. Korean relies on particles for meaning, so 어디에서 표를 사요? and 표를 어디에서 사요? mean the same. Both are grammatically correct.

How do I ask “Where did you buy tickets?” in the past tense?

Change 사요? to the past polite 샀어요?
→ 표를 어디에서 샀어요?