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N+랑/이랑

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Enumeration Companionship Usage 와/과 vs 랑/이랑 vs 하고

1.

Enumeration

and

Connects multiple nouns, indicating a list or group without specifying order.

Example

아저씨, 식빵이랑 꽈배기 주세요.

Sir, please give me a bread and twisted doughnuts.

Related to

N+와/과 (Enumeration)

2.

Companionship

together, with

Indicates that an action involves more than one party or that something is done together with someone or something else.

Example

옆방 애들이랑 싸웠어?

Did you get into a fight with the guys in the next room?
선생님이랑 같이 풀어봐요.

Let's try solving it together with the teacher.

Usage

We add -랑 after a word that ends in a vowel.
We add -이랑 after a word that ends with a consonant.

N+와/과 vs N+랑/이랑 vs N+하고

Preferred in writing, presentations and speeches.

Preferred in everyday conversations.

Preferred in everyday conversations.

All three grammar points are both used to list things and correspond to "together with" in English.

Note for when used for listing thing:

Although N+하고 and N+랑/이랑 can be added to the final noun in a list, N+와/과 cannot.
Although they can be used interchangeably to list things, they cannot be mixed in the same sentence.

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