떠나다

tteonada · TOPIK 1

to leave, to depart

🧳🚪 떠나다 = 뜨다 (rise, lift off) + 나다 (go out): lift off and go out

Built from 뜨다 (to rise, to lift off, as in 자리를 뜨다, leave one's seat) plus 나다 (to come out, emerge). Leaving is lifting yourself off a spot and heading out. Sound hook: tteo-na-da, as in ta-ta, now I depart.

More Korean words · How Korean works