(Learn Korean Language - Conversation I) 3. Location, Direction, 어디 있어요?, 방향, 앞에, 옆에

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Nov 11, 2025
Hello everyone. 안녕하세요.
Welcome back to Christine's Fun Fun Korean Conversation.
How are you today? If you feel okay?
Alright. Last and so far, we learned about basic Korean conversation and introducing oneself.
Do you still remember them? Please don't forget them.
And today, we're gonna learn about lesson 3, Location.
Location.
What's the location? And why we have to learn about location?
Because when you visit Korea, you should have or you have some place to visit.
But you don't know about Korea at all.
And even though you have a map, you have to ask people how to get there.
That's why I prepared this lesson for you to know how to find the way. Okay?
So, this lesson contains where is the...
For instance, where is the cafeteria or where is the...
경복궁, the famous temple in Korea or something like that.
And even though you know how to ask this question,
if you don't know, if you don't understand what Korean people says,
you can find a place. It's impossible. Right?
So, I prepared a few possible answers you might hear from Korean people.
This one is over there. Over there.
So, oh, where is the 경복궁?
Over there. See? Simple.
And right and left. Right and left.
So, right and left.
For instance, oh, I'm looking for 경복궁. Where is the 경복궁?
It's on your right. It's on your left.
It's a basic.
And the last one is next to and in front of.
So, you just took a subway and you want to go to bathroom.
And you ask, oh, where is the bathroom? Where is the restroom?
And they say, oh, it's next to the ticket office.
It's in front of the ticket office or it's next to the exit.
So, next to and in front of, right and left, over there,
these are really frequent expressions we use when we tell people the way.
Okay?
So, but you know what?
This lesson is a little hard for you to understand
because unlike other classes in the past,
these three expressions are really, no, not really.
It's a little hard and it's a little confusing because it's about direction.
So, but don't worry.
Just keep focusing on and I will tell you how to pronounce
and how to say these expressions in Korean.
And watch me and please follow me.
Okay? Good.
And see, let's see the first expression.
Where is the?
In Korean, where is the means 어디 있어요?
어디 있어요?
One more time.
어디 있어요?
So, here is the spelling in English.
어디 있어요?
So, if you think this is a little long to pronounce,
after saying 어디, two words and take a pause and say 있어요.
Okay?
So, 어디 있어요?
Okay? One more time.
어디 있어요?
This is where is the?
Where is the?
Now, you want to ask people, where is the restroom?
Where is the restroom?
The reason I picked this example is I asked my American friend.
American friend.
So, if you have chance to learn Korean, what's the first expression you want to know?
And she said, where is the restroom?
I asked, why?
Because this is really important.
If I feel really urgent, I really want to go to bathroom.
So, if I can't say this question, what I'm going to do?
It's going to be bombed.
Right?
So, this expression is I thought important.
So, where is the restroom?
Where is the restroom?
In Korean, restroom.
Restroom.
Where is the?
어디 있어요?
So, restroom.
어디 있어요?
One more time.
Restroom.
어디 있어요?
Okay?
So, where is the is 어디 있어요?
So, in front of, after, where is the, if you just, depending on the location you want to go,
just say, put the name here.
And say the, say and make this sentence.
Where is the restroom?
Restroom.
어디 있어요?
And, for instance, where is the cafeteria?
If you're hungry, where is the cafeteria?
Or, where is the restaurant?
Cafeteria or restaurant.
어디 있어요?
So, this is really, this is really basic and essential to know.
So, don't forget.
And, let's say an example.
Oh, too long.
It's okay.
And, restroom.
And, you just know restroom, restroom.
But, if you don't know about this in Korean, even though you know how to speak.
Oh, restroom 어디 있어요?
But, Korean people, a few Korean people can understand.
What's a restroom?
Restroom in Korean means 화장실.
화장실.
화.
Make your mouth bigger.
화.
장.
실.
Okay.
화장실.
Okay, see.
Where is the restroom?
How can you say that?
In English, you just said restroom 어디 있어요?
But, you know what the restroom is in Korean.
So, 화장실.
화장실 어디 있어요?
okay? make sense?
화장실 어디 있어요?
but here is tip
if you really want to go to restroom
you feel urgent
if you just have a signal of nature
and you can remember this long sentence
but the only thing you can remind of is 화장실
and tell Korean people
화장실 화장실 화장실
and they're gonna tell you where the restroom is
but now you're taking my lesson
so I want you to say the perfect sentence
just don't tell them like 화장실 화장실
instead 화장실 어디 있어요?
now you know this okay?
and next one I think the restroom is also important
because you have to eat
to look around
to travel
okay?
so restroom means 식당
식당 식당
okay? 식당
so where is the restaurant?
where is the restaurant?
what's restaurant?
식당
so 식당 where is the
어디 있어요?
simple
okay?
식당 어디 있어요?
when you're looking for the restroom
ask Korean 화장실 어디 있어요?
and when you're looking for the restaurant
just ask 식당 어디 있어요?
okay?
so keep this expression
어디 있어요?
in your mind
so as long as you know this expression
you can ask any location you want
okay?
어디 있어요?
alright
and next expression
over there
now you ask the question
and Korean people can tell you
where the place is
so it's a possible answer
over there
oh where is the
oh where is the restroom?
over there
simple
right?
in Korean
저기예요
one more time
저기예요
and next one
right here
where is the restroom?
right here
this is the restroom
여기예요
so there means 저기
here means 여기
so over there
저기예요
right here
여기예요
so after asking
화장실 어디 있어요?
where is the restroom?
and I'm gonna say 저기예요
over there
it's the answer
it's the response from Korean people
over there
and say thank you
감사합니다
make sense?
or
여기예요
this is the restroom
or right here
여기예요
here
thank you
감사합니다
okay?
so over there
저기예요
right here
여기예요
good
and
this one
this one is a little confusing
but
keep your focus here
right
right hands
maybe
in your case
this is right hands
right?
this is right hands in my case
so right
right means
오른쪽
pronunciation is too hard
but
take it slowly
and pronounce each word
오
you know 오
alphabet 오
른
and
쪽
Americans
sometimes have a problem to pronounce
these strong sounds
because you don't have that
so
when you speak
this double j
just like
intense your pronunciation
쪽
not 조
or 쪽
쪽
so
오
른
쪽
right?
오
른
쪽
one more time
오
alphabet 오
오
른
쪽
오
른
쪽
when you pronounce this difficult pronunciation
try to make your mouth bigger
and follow me
okay?
오
른
쪽
good
and
left
in your case
this is left
left means
왼쪽
오
이
왼
쪽
오
이
위
왼
쪽
make sense?
왼
쪽
so
right means
오
른
쪽
오
른
쪽
left
왼
쪽
왼
쪽
so
this is my right side
in Korean
오
른
쪽
this is my left side
왼
쪽
okay?
and
it's on the right
it's on your right
and this is the sentence
it's on
it's on is
에
있어요
this 에 is
locative particle
usually added before
the direction and location
and you will learn this from the grammar class
I will skip this part
anyway
에
있어요
it's on
에
있어요
에
있어요
so
if it's on
it's on the right
and add
오른
add right here
so it's gonna be
오른쪽
에
있어요
make sense?
it's on the left
왼쪽
left means
왼쪽
에
있어요
so
like
where is the
this is
that's the basic expression
you have to remember
likewise
it's important
when you understand the direction
so
keep this in your mind
and let's see the example
it's on the right
oh
I just told you
it's on the right
right
오른쪽
it's on
에
있어요
I keep telling you
if the sentence is long
just take a pause in the middle
and
finish your sentence
like
오른쪽에
있어요
much easier
ok
오른쪽에
있어요
next one
it's on the left
the left means
왼쪽
it's on
에
있어요
왼쪽에
있어요
왼쪽에
pause
있어요
ok
오른쪽에
있어요
왼쪽에
있어요
so
your question was
where is the restroom?
화장실
어디예요?
over there
저기예요
right here
여기예요
it's on the right
오른쪽에 있어요
it's on the left
왼쪽에 있어요
four possible answers
remember
ok
and
last one
next two
when we describe the direction
we just pick the building or
the spot
and we just tell them
it's next to the post office
it's next to the library
or it's in front of the library
like this
so
next to
and in front of
these two expressions are also
essential
and it's a possible answers
you could hear from the Korean
so
next two
옆
옆에
옆
okay, next to Christine, Christine
옆에, and where is the restroom?
it's in front of Christine, I'm Christine, right? Christine
앞에, Christine
앞에, 옆에
or 옆에 and
앞에, good? so let's see the examples
it's next to, it's
next to, 옆에, you know this, right?
it's a verb and the ending sentence
있어요, 있어요
옆에 있어요
so, where is the restroom? it's next to
Christine, I'm Christine, it's next
to Christine, Christine, me
next to, 옆에 있어요
make sense? it's
next to Christine, Christine, 옆에
있어요, make sense?
and, so usually when you're looking for the restroom
in Korea, especially in the subway station
the restroom is usually next to the exit
next to the exit, I'm not gonna tell you what the
exit in Korean because you already, your brain is already
fooled with these all expressions, I will tell you later this
next to the exit, the
exit next to, 옆에 있어요
옆에 있어요, remember?
and, in front of, 앞에
있어요, 앞에 있어요
as I said, 있어요, it's ending sentence
앞에 있어요, it's in front of the exit
the exit, 앞에
앞에 있어요, so far so good?
옆에 있어요
앞에 있어요, ok, and let's review
what's, where is the, where is the
어디 있어요? 어디 있어요?
important, five star, where is the restroom?
restroom, 화장실
어디 있어요? 화장실
어디 있어요? and
possible answers, over there
over there, 저기에요
right here, 여기
예요, 여기 예요
remember, and it's on the right
right, 오른쪽
에 있어요
it's on the left, 왼쪽에
있어요, and
it's next to the exit, next to
the exit, next to, 옆에
옆에 있어요
and it's in front of the exit
the exit, in front of
앞에 있어요
있어요, ok
I know today's lesson was a little hard to understand
but please just try to practice
every expressions in Korean and make
yours, ok? next time
I will come back with at the supermarket, you did a really good job today
thank you and bye, 안녕히 계세요
