jipkkaji georeoseo han sigan jeongdo geollyeo.

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Breakdown of jipkkaji georeoseo han sigan jeongdo geollyeo.

• 하나: one
• ~까지: limit particle
• 걷다: to walk
• ~어서: and then
• 정도: about
• 시간: hour
• 걸리다: to take (time)

Questions & Answers about jipkkaji georeoseo han sigan jeongdo geollyeo.

What does the particle 까지 add in 집까지? Can I use 집에 instead?

• 까지 means “up to/as far as,” emphasizing the endpoint. 집까지 = “all the way to (my) house.”
• 집에 marks destination (“to home”), but in this pattern you normally use 까지. If you use 집에, you should explicitly add a verb like 가다: 집에 걸어서 가면 한 시간 정도 걸려요.

Why are both 걸어서 and 걸려 in the same sentence? Aren’t they from the same verb?

• 걸어서 comes from 걷다 (“to walk”) and means “by walking / on foot.”
• 걸려 comes from 걸리다 (“to take [time]”). So the sentence literally says: “By walking to home, about one hour takes.”

Where did “go” (가다) go? Why can it be omitted?

Korean often omits obvious parts. The fuller version is: 집까지 걸어서 (가는 데) 한 시간 정도 걸려요. The 가는 데 (“to go (there)”) is understood and dropped.

What is the grammatical subject of 걸려 here?

It’s the time: 한 시간 정도(가) 걸려. The subject marker 가 is frequently omitted in casual speech.

Is 걸려 polite? How do I make this polite or formal?

• 걸려 = casual intimate (banmal).
• Polite: 걸려요.
• Formal: 걸립니다. Example: 집까지 걸어서 한 시간 정도 걸려요.

How does 걷다 become 걸어서?

걷다 is an irregular ㄷ-verb: ㄷ changes to ㄹ before a vowel.

• 걷- + -어서 → 걸어서 (meaning “by walking”).

How does 걸리다 become 걸려?

Stem 걸리- + -어 → historical contraction 걸리어 → 걸려. Polite present is 걸려요.

Can I say the words in a different order?

Yes. Adverbials are flexible:

• 집까지 걸어서 한 시간 정도 걸려요. (common)
• 걸어서 집까지 한 시간 정도 걸려요. (also fine) The meaning doesn’t change; order just shifts emphasis slightly.

What are other ways to say “about an hour”?

• 한 시간 정도 (neutral; note the spacing)
• 한 시간쯤 (spoken, friendly; no space before 쯤)
• 약 한 시간 / 대략 한 시간 (more formal or written)
• 한 시간가량 (literary/formal)

Is the spacing correct? I often see people write it differently.

• 집까지 (no space; particle attaches)
• 걸어서 (no space inside conjugation)
• 한 시간 정도 (space before the dependent noun 정도) Don’t write 한시간 or 시간정도.

Why is it 한 시간, not 하나 시간 or 일 시간?

With the counter 시간 (hours), use native numbers:

• 1, 2, 3, 4 hours → 한, 두, 세, 네 시간 Sino-Korean numbers (일, 이, 삼…) aren’t used with 시간 in this meaning.

Pronunciation tips for the sentence?

• 집까지: jip-kkaji (tense kk)
• 걸어서: geo-reo-seo
• 한 시간: han si-gan (the “si” sounds like “shi”)
• 걸려: geol-lyeo (ll sound before “yeo”)

Could I drop 걸어서 and still be understood?

Yes. 집까지 한 시간 정도 걸려요 just means “It takes about an hour to get home,” without specifying the method. Adding 걸어서 specifies “on foot.”

Can I express the same idea with the copula 이다?

Yes, in everyday speech: 집까지 걸어서 한 시간 정도예요. It implies “The time it takes (by walking) is about an hour.”

How do I say it in the past or future?

• Past: 집까지 걸어서 한 시간 정도 걸렸어요.
• Future: 집까지 걸어서 한 시간 정도 걸릴 거예요.

What if I want to say “only 30 minutes”?

Use 밖에 + negative:

• 집까지 걸어서 30분밖에 안 걸려요. (“It takes only 30 minutes.”)

Can I replace “walking” with other transport?

Yes, use -로/으로:

• 차로/버스로/지하철로 집까지 한 시간 정도 걸려요.

Does 걸리다 also mean “to catch (a cold)”? Is that the same verb?

Yes, same verb with different meanings by context:

• 시간이 걸리다 = “to take time”
• 감기에 걸리다 = “to catch a cold” Context disambiguates it easily.