들어가다

Of native Korean origin. 들— (deul-, “to enter”) + 가— (ga-, “to go”)

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• IPA^(key)[tɯɾʌ̹ɡa̠da̠]
• Phonetic Hangul[드러가다]

들어가다 • (deureogada) (infinitive 들어가, sequential 들어가니)

1. to go into; to enter

   이제, 그는 너무 멀리 가기 전에, 매우 좁은 통로로 들어갔다.

   Ije, geuneun neomu meolli gagi jeone, mae-u jobeun tongnoro deureogatda.

   Now, before he had gone far, he entered into a very narrow passage,

   Original from 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.

   예를 들면, 많은 지역에서 여성들이 사람들에게 백신을 접종하는데, 그 이유는, 그들이 집에 들어갈 수 있고, 다른 여성들과 얘기를 나눌 수도 있고, 또 어린이들에게도 접근이 가능하기 때문이다.

   Yereul deulmyeon, maneun jiyeogeseo yeoseongdeuri saramdeurege baeksineul jeopjonghaneunde, geu iyuneun, geudeuri jibe deureogal su itgo, dareun yeoseongdeulgwa yaegireul nanul sudo itgo, tto eorinideuregedo jeopgeuni ganeunghagi ttaemunida.

   For example, in many places women vaccinate people because they can go into homes, talk to other women and gain access to the children.

   Original from 2018, VOA (Experts: Polio Could Again Spread Worldwide)

2. to go to; to attend (a school, institution etc)

   내년에 대학교에 들어간다.

   Naenyeone daehakgyo-e deureoganda.

   I will attend university next year.

3. to begin

   일주일 후면 겨울 방학에 들어간다.

   Ilju-il humyeon gyeoul banghage deureoganda.

   Winter break begins in one week.

4. to be needed, required
5. (biology) to belong to (a species, genus etc.)
6. (usually after 머리에) to be understood

   머리에 들어가다

   meorie deureogada

   literally, “to enter one's head”

As with other compound verbs ending with 가다 (gada), this has two forms for the 해라체 (haerache, “plain”) imperative. The blunt form is regular: 들어가라 (deureogara, “enter!”). The less blunt form is irregular: 들어가거라 (deureogageora, “enter (well)!”).