TOPIK I · LEVEL 2
-기 위해(서)
-기 위해(서) means 'in order to': the first clause is the purpose of the second.
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: 건강하다 is an adjective; use the verb 건강해지다 'become healthy' with -기 위해서.
Examples
살을 빼기 위해 매일 걸어요.I walk every day to lose weight.
한국 회사에 취직하기 위해서 한국어를 공부해요.I study Korean in order to get a job at a Korean company.
시험에 합격하기 위해 밤늦게까지 공부했어요.I studied late into the night to pass the exam.
Don’t mix up
-기 위해(서)vs-(으)러-(으)러 is only used with movement verbs (가다/오다); -기 위해(서) works with any verb: 밥 먹으러 가요 vs 돈을 모으기 위해 일해요.
How to build it
V+기 위해(서)
건강해지다 → 건강해지기 위해서
- Only with verbs; both clauses have the same subject.
- Before a noun it becomes -기 위한: 합격하기 위한 방법.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 건강하기 위해서 운동해요.
Right: 건강해지기 위해서 운동해요.
건강하다 is an adjective; use the verb 건강해지다 'become healthy' with -기 위해서.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)러 가다/오다-(으)러 가다/오다 says you go or come somewhere to do something.
- -(으)ㄹ까 보다Expresses a vague intention the speaker is considering: 'I think I might…, I'm thinking of…'. Spoken, about the speaker's own plans.
- -(으)려고 하다-(으)려고 하다 says what someone intends or plans to do; with things or nature, it can also mean that something is about to happen.
- -고 싶어 하다-고 싶어 하다 says what someone else wants to do (third person).
- -을/를 위해(서)N을/를 위해(서) means 'for the sake of N / for N'.
- -기로 하다-기로 하다 means that someone has decided, or agreed with someone else, to do something.
- -(으)면-(으)면 attaches to a verb or adjective to set a condition: "if X happens or is true, then Y," and it can also mean "whenever X" for things that regularly happen.
- -(으)ㄴ 지Shows how much time has passed since an action happened.
- -(으)ㄹ 것Ends a written instruction or rule with a noun-like command: 'do X; X is to be done'. Impersonal and firm; used in notices, exam instructions, memos and rule lists.