하고
hago
Grammar · 1 sense
together, with
Examples
어제 회사 동료하고 저녁을 먹었어요.
I had dinner with my colleague yesterday.
그 사람이 싫은 건 아니고 그냥 저하고 성격이 잘 안 맞는 거 같아요.
It's not that I don't like that person, but I think our personalities don't match well.
When you'd hear it
하고 is common in everyday spoken Korean and is neutral enough for workplace conversations, as in talking about eating with a colleague. It is also frequent in dramas and casual speech; more formal writing often uses 와/과 instead.
What learners get wrong
Here 하고 is a particle meaning “with,” attached to a noun; it is not the verb 하다. Unlike 같이, which means “together,” 하고 marks the person or thing accompanying someone.
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