내려가다 versus 올라가다 => "to go down" versus "to go up"

	내려가다 versus 올라가다
	=> "to go down" versus "to go up"

When one goes to the capital city of Seoul, it is said that one "goes up" to Seoul, and when one goes from Seoul to another area, it is said one "goes down" to that area. Similarly, one 들어 가다 "goes into" the city and 나가다 "goes out" to a suburb. 

• 할머니께 인사하러 지방에 내려가는 길이에요.
  => I am on my way down to the country to visit my grandmother.
  
• 일하러 서울에 올라가는 길이에요.
  => I am going up to Seoul in order to work.
  
• 옷을 사러 시내에 들어갔어요.
  => I went into the city (downtown) to buy clothes.
  
• 주말에 시외로 드라이브 나갔어요.
  => I went out to the suburbs for a drive over the weekend.

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