N으로/로² Indicate the preceding noun is the means of the transportation

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서두릅시다. 시간이 별로 없어요.

Let's hurry. We don't have much time.

택시로 갈까요?

Shall we take a taxi?

지금은 교통이 복잡해요. 지하철로 갑시다.

Now, the traffic is heavy. Let’s take the subway.

그럽시다.

Yes, let's do that.

N으로/로²

It is used to indicate the preceding noun is the means of the transportation. '걸어서' should be written for '걷다' (e.g. 걸어서 학교에 가요. (I walk to school)).

학교가 가까워요. 그래서 자전거로 학교에 가요.

The shool is close, so I go to school by bike.

집 근처에 지하철역이 없어요. 그래서 회사에 버스로 다녀요.

There is no subway station near my house, so I go to work by bus.

지하철로 집에 와요.

I come back home by subway.

Related words

서두르다 to hurry

별로 (not) much ('별로' is used with a negative form)

복잡하다 to be heavy (traffic)

그럽시다 Let's do that.

자전거 a bike

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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