Observe the following examples:
- 지하철로 가요
goes by subway, goes on a subway - 기차로 왔어요
came by train, came on the train - 택시로 학교에 가요
goes by taxi to school
The particle (으)로 with, by (means of) is used with vehicles when the verb is 가요 goes or 와요 comes: On the other hand, the verb 타요 gets on (a vehicle, a horse), rides, takes a direct object:
- 기차를 타요
rides [on] a train - 기차를 타고오지 않아요
doesn’t come (riding) [on] the train
The pattern for these constructions with 타- is: [destination] + vehicle- (을/를) + 타고 + [destination] + go/come
That is, the DESTINATION can come either before or after the vehicle + (을/를) + 타고. For example:
- 택시를 타고 학교에 가요
rides/takes a taxi to school - 쇼핑하러 지하철을 타고 갔습니다
rode the subway to go shopping
The verb 걸어요 walks resembles 타요 rides in that it is not used alone in sentences implying purposeful direction. It, too, joins in phrases with 가요 goes or 와요 comes, but in its infinitive (걸어) form:
- 걸어 갔어요
went walking = walked [there] - 걸어 오지 않아요
doesn’t come walking= doesn’t walk [here]