KOREAN VERB

밟다

to step on, to tread on (a brake, a foot, the ground)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI step on
NegativeI don’t step on

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI stepped on
NegativeI didn’t step on

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will step on
NegativeI won’t step on

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI step on (respectfully)
PastI stepped on (respectfully)
FutureI will step on (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

지하철에서 사람들이 가끔 제 발을 밟아요.

On the subway people sometimes step on my foot.
Past

어머, 죄송해요, 제가 발을 밟았어요.

Oh, sorry, I stepped on your foot.
Future

눈길에서는 브레이크를 천천히 밟을 거예요.

On a snowy road I'll press the brake slowly.
Honorific

할아버지는 운전할 때 브레이크를 급하게 밟으세요.

Grandpa hits the brake hard when he drives.
Connectives

여기 잔디를 밟으면 벌금을 내야 해요.

If you step on the grass here, you have to pay a fine.
Requests and commands

바닥에 깨진 유리 있으니까 밟지 마세요.

There's broken glass on the floor, so don't step on it.

밟다 keeps its ㅂ: 밟아요, 밟았어요. 브레이크를 밟다 is to hit the brake; 발을 밟았어요 is "I stepped on your foot", the subway apology.

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Fluency Level 2 · 브레이크 밟는 바람에 반지가 굴러갔어.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.