TOPIK I · LEVEL 2
-을/를 위해(서)
N을/를 위해(서) means 'for the sake of N / for N'.
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: 위하다 needs the object particle: 부모님을 위해서.
Examples
이 책은 초보자를 위한 책이에요.This book is for beginners.
건강을 위해 담배를 끊었어요.I quit smoking for my health.
아버지는 가족을 위해서 열심히 일하세요.My father works hard for the family.
Don’t mix up
-을/를 위해(서)vs-에게/한테에게 marks who receives something; 을/를 위해 marks who benefits: 친구에게 줬어요 vs 친구를 위해 만들었어요.How to build it
N+을/를 위해(서)
가족 → 가족을 위해서, 건강 → 건강을 위해
- Before a noun it becomes N을/를 위한 N: 아이들을 위한 책.
- With a verb use -기 위해(서) instead.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 부모님 위해서 선물을 샀어요.
Right: 부모님을 위해서 선물을 샀어요.
위하다 needs the object particle: 부모님을 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).
- -기 위해(서)-기 위해(서) means 'in order to': the first clause is the purpose of the second.
- -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.