KOREAN VERB

아끼다

to save, to cherish

Conjugation

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현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI save
NegativeI don’t save

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI saved
NegativeI didn’t save

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will save
NegativeI won’t save

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI save (respectfully)
PastI saved (respectfully)
FutureI will save (respectfully)

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present

요즘 물을 정말 아껴요, 수도세가 올랐거든요.

These days I really save water; the water bill went up.
Past

할머니가 주신 시계를 평생 아꼈어요.

I cherished the watch Grandma gave me all my life.
Future

이번 달은 외식을 줄여서 돈을 아낄 거예요.

This month I'll eat out less and save money.
Honorific

할아버지는 그 만년필을 정말 아끼셨어요.

Grandpa really cherished that fountain pen.
Connectives

시간을 아끼면 책 읽을 여유가 생겨요.

If you save time, you get room to read.
Requests and commands

물을 좀 아끼세요, 요즘 가뭄이에요.

Save some water; there's a drought these days.

아끼다 is using less of something, water, money, time, and holding something dear: 아끼는 물건, 아끼는 후배.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.