Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 7 - Upper-Intermediate Korean #2 (Lessons 181 to 210) ᚛ Lesson 205 - The particle of addition and location in Korean [에다(가)]
The particle of addition and location in Korean [에다(가)]
You know the particle 에 for the place where something is put, placed or sent: 책상 위에 놓다, 냉장고에 넣다. The particle 에다(가) is a reinforced form of this 에: it stresses the precise spot where the object is placed, "right there, in, on". By extension, [Noun] 에다가 [Noun] is also used to add one element to another: "on top of".
Putting something somewhere with 에다(가)
With a verb of placing, contact or sending (놓다, 넣다, 두다, 쓰다, 걸다, 붙이다, 전화하다…), 에다가 replaces 에 and draws attention to the destination:
[Place or surface]에다(가) [Object]을/를 [Verb of placing]
The short form 에다 is possible, but 에다가 is the most frequent in speech. It is always a static place where something is put, never a place of existence (있다) nor a destination of movement (가다): 학교에 가요, not 학교에다가 가요.
냉장고에다가 바나나를 넣었어요? 바나나는 냉장고에 보관하는 게 아니라 실온에 보관해야 해요.
→ You put the bananas in the fridge? Bananas are not kept in the fridge but at room temperature.
오늘 교수님 강의를 노트에다가 열심히 메모하면서 수업을 들었는데 그 노트를 아무리 찾아도 못 찾겠어.
→ I took lots of notes in my notebook during the professor's lecture today, but no matter how much I look for that notebook, I cannot find it.
병원에다가 전화해서 이번 주에 건강검진 예약 가능한지 좀 물어봐 줄래?
→ Can you call the hospital and ask whether it is possible to book a checkup this week?
책에다가 색연필로 낙서해 놓은 걸 본 민지는 화가 나서 동생 머리에 꿀밤을 때렸어요.
→ Seeing the colored-pencil scribbles in her book, Minji got angry and flicked her little brother on the head.
저는 아이스 바닐라 라테에다가 샷 추가해 주시고 사이즈는 그란데로 주세요.
→ For me, an iced vanilla latte with an extra shot, grande size, please.
요즘 한국에서는 떡볶이에다가 크림 소스를 넣는 게 유행이라고 하던데 어떤 맛일지 정말 먹어 보고 싶어.
→ I hear that in Korea it is trendy to put cream sauce in tteokbokki these days; I really want to try it to see what it tastes like.
On top of with [Noun]에다(가) [Noun]
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