Korean Word of the Day
떠나다
tteo-NA-da • verb — 17th of May, 2026
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Meaning: to leave; to depart; to go away from a place or situation
Examples
- 나는 내일 아침에 떠날 거예요.
(I will leave tomorrow morning.) - 비행기가 한 시간 후에 떠납니다.
(The plane departs in one hour.) - 그는 새로운 기회를 찾아 고향을 떠났어요.
(He left his hometown to look for a new opportunity.)
Synonyms
- 출발하다
- 떠나가다
떠나다 is used for physical departures (leaving a place) and also for more figurative separations (leaving a job, relationship, etc.). Use the object marker 를/을 with a place (e.g., 집을 떠나다). For scheduled departures like trains or planes, 출발하다 is often used and sounds more formal.
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