[개발자 영어] bring, take, fetch

Bring

물건이나 사람을 움직이는것을 뜻한다.

움직임의 방향은 다음과 같다.

• 화자 -> 청자
• 청자 -> 화자

In both of the following examples, the speakers are seeing things from A’s viewpoint – things will move to the place where A is:

A: Are you going to the bedroom?

B: Yes.

A: Can you bring me my grey sweater? It’s on the bed.

B: Yeah. (B will return with the sweater to the place where A is.)

Not: Can you take me my grey sweater?

A: Are you coming to our place on Friday night?

B: Yes. Do you want me to bring my guitar? (B will carry the guitar to the place where A will be.)

움직임의 방향이 한 가지 더 있다.

• 어딘가 다른 곳 -> 청자 / 화자

[on the telephone]

A: Did Laura bring you anything for your birthday?

B: Yes. She brought me some flowers and a CD. (Laura is C, another person, in a different place from A or B. She moved with something to where B, the listener, was.)

Take

역시 물건이나 사람을 움직이는 것을 뜻한다.

움직임의 방향은 다음과 같다.

• 화자 / 청자 -> 어딘가 다른 곳

[university assistant at a central faculty office, speaking to a student]

You have to fill in this form and then take it to the English Department to get it stamped. (the assistant and the student are at the central faculty office – the English Department is a different place)

Not: … and then bring it to the English Department

A: I can take you to the station tomorrow. What time’s your train? (Neither A nor B is at the station; it is a different place.)

B: Thanks. It’s eight-thirty.

Fetch

역시나 물건이나 사람을 움직이는 것을 뜻하지만, 조금 더 구체적이다.

현재 위치에 있어야 하는데 없을 때 사용한다.

움직임의 방향은 한 종류이다.

• 현재 위치 -> 목표의 위치 -> 현재 위치

If you’re going to the garage, can you fetch that green bag with the paintbrushes in it? Or Can you get that green bag …

Right. It’s five o’clock. I’d better go and fetch my mother from the station.

Bring, take and fetch: typical error

• 청자의 시점에 물건이 보일 때는 take를 사용하지 않는다.

A: Are you and Josh coming to our party?

B: Yeah. Sheila invited us.

A: Good. Can you bring some CDs? We’re a bit short of music.

Not: Can you take some CDs?

출처 : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/문법/영국식-문법/bring-take-and-fetch