-(으)러 가다/오다
(eu)reo
Grammar · 1 sense
go/come in order to do something
Examples
친구를 만나러 시내에 갔어요.
I went into town to meet a friend.
점심 먹으러 나갈까요?
Shall we go out to have lunch?
When you'd hear it
This is common in everyday speech and neutral writing when describing going or coming somewhere for a purpose. Learners often hear it in plans, invitations, and dialogue such as 도서관에 책 빌리러 가요.
What learners get wrong
Purpose attached to a journey: -러 after a vowel or ㄹ, -으러 after a consonant. It only works with verbs of motion - 가다, 오다, 다니다 - so 밥을 먹으러 공부해요 is nonsense. Compare -(으)려고, which takes any main verb but cannot head a request.
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