Remember to buy the milk in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:
• "우유" (uyu) means "milk."
• "사는" (saneun) comes from the verb "사다" (sada, “to buy”). Here the verb is transformed into a modifier (relative clause) to describe “거.” The form –는 is added to the verb stem to indicate an action occurring in relation to the noun.
• "거" (geo) is a shortened form of "것" (geot), meaning "thing" or "act." In this case, it refers to the act of buying milk.
• "잊지 마세요" (itji maseyo) is the polite prohibition form. It comes from the verb "잊다" (itda, “to forget”) plus the negative command construction "지 마세요," meaning “don’t.”

Tip to remember:
Notice that for any verb you want to tell someone “don’t do,” you simply take the verb stem and add “지 마세요.” Also, when modifying a noun (like “거”), Korean uses the present modifier form of the verb (verb stem + –는) to indicate the action related to the noun.

Alternate ways to say “Remember to buy the milk”:
• "우유 사는 걸 잊지 마세요."
(Here, "걸" is a contraction of "것을," but the meaning remains the same.)
• "우유 사는 일 잊지 마세요."
(Using "일" meaning “matter” or “task” to refer to the act of buying milk.)
• "우유 사는 거 잊지 말아요."
(A slightly less formal ending using "말아요" instead of "마세요.")

Each version carries the same essential meaning while providing a slightly different nuance in formality or word choice.

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