번갈다

Meanings

take turnsTo change people one by one after a fixed period of time, when many people do a certain thing together.
alternateTo change subjects influenced by a certain act repeatedly for a certain period of time.
handle one at a timeTo deal with one person or one thing at a time for a short while, when there are two or more.

Written Forms

번갈다Hangul

番갈다Hanja

Examples from Lessons (2)

이번 에는 주말 마다 번갈아서 분리수거 를 할까?
Shall we take turns handling the recycling every weekend this time?
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우리 는 만날 때마다 번갈아 사요.
We take turns buying them whenever we meet.
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Grammar in These Examples

-아/어Level 1Informal ending -아/어서Level 2Because of, therefore -요FoundationsPoliteness marker