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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another episode? Luna: Yes! I've been looking forward to this. So what's today's topic? Lucas: Today we're going to talk about the past tense. You know how to say 'I go' in Korean? Luna: Umm... 가요? That's the polite form, right? Lucas: Exactly. 가요 is 'I go' or 'goes'. But what if you want to say 'I went'? Luna: Oh, that's where it changes. I don't know that yet. Lucas: Perfect, let's learn it. For the verb 가다, to go, the past tense polite form is 갔어요. Luna: 갔어요. Lucas: Good. 갔어요 means 'went'. Let's break it down: 가다 remove 다, add 았어요, but it becomes 갔어요. So 갔어요. Luna: 갔어요. 갔어요. Got it. Lucas: Now if you're talking to a close friend, you can drop the 요 and say 갔어. Luna: 갔어. Lucas: Yes. So 갔어 is casual, 갔어요 is polite. Let's practice a sentence. 'I went to school' in Korean: 학교에 갔어요. Luna: 학교에 갔어요. Lucas: 학교 means school, 에 means 'to', and 갔어요 is 'went'. So 학교에 갔어요. Repeat? Luna: 학교에 갔어요. Lucas: Perfect. Now how would you ask someone 'Where did you go?' in polite Korean? Luna: Hmm... 어디에 갔어요? Lucas: Yes! 어디에 갔어요? 어디 means where, 에 to, 갔어요 went. So 'Where did you go?' Luna: 어디에 갔어요? That sounds good. Lucas: Let's try a mini conversation. I'll ask you, and you answer. Luna: Okay. Lucas: 어디에 갔어요? Luna: 학교에 갔어요. Lucas: Perfect. Exactly right. Luna: That was easy. What about other verbs? Like 'to eat'? Lucas: Good question, but let's focus on 가다 for today. We'll cover more later. Luna: Okay. So today we have: 갔어요, 갔어, 어디에 갔어요?, 학교에 갔어요. Lucas: Right. Let's do a quick drill. Repeat after me: 갔어요. Luna: 갔어요. Lucas: 갔어. Luna: 갔어. Lucas: 어디에 갔어요? Luna: 어디에 갔어요? Lucas: 학교에 갔어요. Luna: 학교에 갔어요. Lucas: You're doing great. Now let me tell you a tiny story. Yesterday, I went to the park. Luna: Oh! How do you say that? Lucas: 공원에 갔어요. 공원 means park. So 'I went to the park yesterday' would be 어제 공원에 갔어요. Luna: 어제 공원에 갔어요. 어제 is yesterday, right? Lucas: Yes, you remembered from an earlier episode? We did time words. Luna: Yeah, 어제, 오늘, 내일. So 어제 공원에 갔어요. I went to the park yesterday. Lucas: Excellent. Now can you ask me where I went yesterday? Luna: 어디에 갔어요? Lucas: And I would answer: 공원에 갔어요. Luna: Nice. So if I want to ask someone casually, I can say 어디에 갔어? Lucas: Right, dropping the 요 makes it casual. To a close friend, you'd say 어디에 갔어? Luna: 어디에 갔어? Lucas: And they might reply 학교에 갔어 or 집에 갔어. Luna: 집에 갔어 means 'I went home'? 집 is home? Lucas: Yes! You're picking things up so fast. 집에 갔어요 is polite, 집에 갔어 is casual. Luna: Awesome. So today we have four phrases. Let's review them one more time. Lucas: Sure. First: 갔어요. Luna: 갔어요. Lucas: 갔어. Luna: 갔어. Lucas: 어디에 갔어요? Luna: 어디에 갔어요? Lucas: 학교에 갔어요. Luna: 학교에 갔어요. Lucas: You nailed it. Now you can talk about where you went. Luna: I feel so accomplished. Thanks, Lucas. Lucas: You should! That's the end of Episode 28 from Fexingo. Luna: Yes, don't forget to practice these phrases. See you next time!