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N하고 / N(이)랑 같이 — with — doing things together with someone
With — doing things together with someone. Korean grammar for beginner learners — Level 1A, lesson 10: 친구하고 같이 놀아요 (Hanging out with friends — doing things together).
What it means
하고 after a person means 'with': 친구하고 같이 놀아요 = I hang out with a friend. 같이 'together' usually follows, but you can leave it out. In Lesson 4, 하고 joined two things ('and': 책하고 공책); now it links a person to what you do together. (이)랑 means the same and sounds more casual — friends use it with each other: 이랑 after a consonant (선생님이랑), 랑 after a vowel (친구랑, 유나 씨랑). 하고 never changes. The verb carries the tense: 친구하고 같이 놀았어요. To ask 'with whom?', say 누구하고 or 누구랑.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| N하고 | any noun — no 받침 check | 친구 + 하고 → 친구하고 |
| N이랑 | 받침 O | 선생님 + 이랑 → 선생님이랑 |
| N랑 | 받침 X | 친구 + 랑 → 친구랑 |
Key points
- N하고 같이 V — 'with': 친구하고 같이 놀아요. 하고 never changes, 받침 or not.
- N(이)랑 같이 V — the same 'with', more casual: 이랑 after a consonant (선생님이랑), 랑 after a vowel (친구랑)
Examples
- 친구하고 같이 놀아요. = 친구랑 같이 놀아요.
- 받침 O → 이랑 (선생님이랑). 받침 X → 랑 (친구랑 · 마크 씨랑).
- 책하고 공책이 있어요. ↔ 민수 씨하고 같이 공부해요.
- 누구하고 같이 놀았어요? — 친구랑 같이 놀았어요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 1A, lesson 2; Yonsei University Korean 1-1, lesson 4; Sogang University Korean 1B, lesson 5; Ewha Womans University Korean 1-1, lesson 4; Hanyang University Korean 1-1, lesson 3.
Also in this lesson
- 이 · 그 · 저 + N — this · that · that over there + a noun — pointing at people and things
- ㄷ 불규칙 — verbs whose ㄷ turns into ㄹ — listen, ask