" 저 는 친구 와 걸 어요 . " - Duolingo 
 " 저 는 친구 와 걸 어요 . " 
 Translation : I walk with a friend . 
 So 진용 은 친구 와 걸 어요 is " JinYong walks with a friend " and 친구 와 진용 은 걸 어요 is " A friend and JinYong walk "? Am I right to say the order determines if this is interpreted as " and " or " with "? 
 Is this 와 the same meaning as " and "? So is it like " I and a friend walk ", or does adding this 와 to a noun just mean " I do this verb with the noun "? 
 It usually means " with " but relative to people , so you couldn ' t say I cut it with a knife ( that ' s 나 는 그것 을 칼 로 자른다 ) . Think of it as being linked to 함께 or 같이 so you know it ' s more like " with / together . " 
 To make the difference in your example clear , you could replace " with " with " using ". " I cut it using a knife " makes sense and means the same thing , but " I walk using a friend " is completely different . 
 " My friend and I walk " should also be accepted as it ' s technically correct , although less common of a frase 
 The - 와 here is not connecting two nouns so it means " with " not " and " in this case 
 Could I also use - 하 고 or am I confusing things ? 
 Gus 76004 
 yes you could , but that would have to be placed in between the 2 words , not after it . ( I think ) 
 Isn ' t 걷 다 means to walk ? So , shouldn ' t it be 걷 어요 onstead of 걸 어요 ? 
 걷 다 is a ㄷ irregular verb . It doesn ' t follow the basic rule for conjugation . For ㄷ irregular verbs , the ㄷ becomes a ㄹ , and if the last vowel is ㅏ / ㅗ , add 아 to that . Otherwise , add 어 . 
 You can look up how to conjugate basic and irregular verbs if you would like . There are irregular verbs for ( ㅂ / ㅅ / ㄹ / ㄷ / 르 / ㅎ ) 
 Kathryn 91739 
 I always thought 와 meant " and "... can it also mean " with "? 
 Please give a break for a spelling mistake 
 Shouldn ' t " I walk a friend " be accepted ? 
 You can walk a dog ( and in some instances your cat or other pet ) but you certainly cannot walk your friend ! I imagine they wouldn ' t like a leash round their neck to start . 
 " I walk a friend " is okay in English , right ? To walk someone is the same as to walk with someone . 
 That ' s interesting because I personally would use the phrase " I walk the dog , " but I would never use that structure for another person . Maybe it is correct , but I would always say " with " in English . 
 In the American English I ' ve always used and heard , this doesn ' t mean quite the same thing . Here are some examples that make it easier for me to explain it : 
 " I walk my dog . " Here the speaker is taking his or her dog out for a walk to get exercise . I don ' t know if it ' s the right way to describe it , but this one almost evokes a sense of duty on the part of the speaker . It ' s his / her duty to take the dog out to care for it , or he / she is being paid to take the dog for a walk . 
 " I walk with my friend . " Here the speaker is taking a walk with his / her friend . This could be walking to a destination , like a classroom , just a stroll through the park , or they could be doing their daily walk for exercise together . 
 " I walk my friend to his / her car / house / classroom / etc . " Here the speaker ' s friend is headed somewhere , and the speaker wants to accompany him / her . This could be someone who is leaving after a party , and the speaker wants to walk him / her to the door to see him / her off , it could be a boyfriend walking his girlfriend to her next class , or it could even be a police officer walking someone to his / her car for safety reasons . 
 Without context , " I walk a friend " sounds , to my ear , like number 1 when I think the exercise is trying to say number 2 . 
 Tiekoot 
 I am from USA and I would never say " I walk a friend ". People could probably figure out what you mean but they would not say it like that . It would be " I walk with a friend " or " my friend and I walk together ".