gireul moreugesseumyeon nareul ttarawa.

A natural breakdown is:

• 길을 = the way / the road / the route
  • object marker -을
• 모르겠으면 = if you don’t know / if you’re not sure
• 나를 = me
  • object marker -를
• 따라와 = follow (me) / come along after me

So the structure is basically:

길을 모르겠으면 + 나를 따라와
= If you don’t know the way, follow me.

-으면 / -면 is a conditional ending meaning if or sometimes when.

Here:

• 모르겠다 = to not know / to be unsure
• 모르겠으면 = if you don’t know / if you’re unsure

So -으면 connects the first idea to the second:

• If you don’t know the way,
• follow me.

A very literal pattern is:

A-(으)면 B
= If A, then B

Both are possible, but they feel a little different.

• 모르면 = if you don’t know
• 모르겠으면 = if you don’t know / if you can’t tell / if you’re not sure

The -겠- often adds a nuance of judgment, uncertainty, or inability to tell clearly. In everyday speech, 모르겠어 often feels softer than 몰라.

So in this sentence, 모르겠으면 can sound a bit more natural or considerate, like:

• if you’re not sure about the way
• if you can’t figure out the route

It is slightly less blunt than 모르면, though in many situations both would be understood.

Because 길 is the thing being not known.

In Korean, with verbs like 알다 and 모르다, the thing that is known or not known is often marked as the object:

• 길을 알다 = to know the way
• 길을 모르다 = to not know the way

So 길을 모르겠으면 literally means if you don’t know the way.

For English speakers, this may not feel strange because English also says know the way, where the way is the object.

길 literally means road, street, path, or way, depending on context.

In this sentence, it does not just mean a physical road. It more naturally means:

• the way
• the route
• how to get there

So 길을 모르다 is a very common expression meaning:

• to not know the way
• to be unfamiliar with the route
• sometimes even to be lost

Because 나 is the one being followed.

• 나를 = me
• 따라와 = follow / come after

So 나를 따라와 means follow me.

For English speakers, it may help to think of it as:

• follow + me

The person after 따라오다 / 따라가다 / 따라오다-type follow expressions is commonly marked with -을/를, because that person is the target being followed.

Yes. 따라와 comes from 따라오다.

• 따라오다 = to come along following, to follow
• 따라와 = casual command form: follow me / come along after me

The conjugation is:

• 따라오다
• 따라와 in casual speech

So this is not just the verb 따르다 by itself. It is the compound verb 따라오다, which gives the sense of coming along behind someone.

This is about viewpoint.

• 따라와 comes from 따라오다 = come following
• 따라가 comes from 따라가다 = go following

Korean often chooses 오다 or 가다 based on direction relative to the speaker.

Here, the speaker is basically saying:

• Come with me
• Come after me
• Follow me

So 따라와 sounds natural because the movement is framed from the speaker’s side, as if the listener is coming along with the speaker.

If you used 따라가, it could sound more like go after me or use a different directional perspective.

Yes. It is casual, informal speech.

The clue is 따라와, which is a plain casual command. This would be natural with:

• friends
• younger people
• someone you are speaking to casually

A polite version would be something like:

• 길을 모르겠으면 저를 따라오세요.

Here:

• 저를 = polite me
• 따라오세요 = polite please follow me

So the original sentence is friendly and direct, but not polite/formal.

The subject is omitted because Korean often leaves it out when it is obvious from context.

In this sentence, the understood subject is you:

• (네가) 길을 모르겠으면 나를 따라와.
• If you don’t know the way, follow me.

Korean does this very often. If the listener is obvious, there is usually no need to say you explicitly.

So even though there is no written subject, the meaning is still clear.