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TOPIK 2verb

올라오다

ollaoda

올라와요 · 올라왔어요 · 올라올 거예요 · 올라오세요

to come up, to come upstairs; to come up to Seoul

Example

지금 엘리베이터를 타고 3층으로 올라오세요.

Take the elevator up to the third floor now.

Word parts

오르다 (to climb) + 오다 (to come): come up toward the speaker.

Good to know

Koreans say 서울에 올라오다 for traveling to Seoul from anywhere else, no matter the direction on a map.