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KOREAN VERB

반하다

to fall for

  • #392 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI fall for
NegativeI don’t fall for

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI fell for
NegativeI didn’t fall for

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will fall for
NegativeI won’t fall for

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI fall for (respectfully)
PastI fell for (respectfully)
FutureI will fall for (respectfully)

Connectives

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

  1. And (-고) falling for, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) falling for, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I fall for
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I fall for
  5. But (-지만) I fall for, but…

Requests and commands

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

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please fall for
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please fall for (formal)
  3. Plain command fall for! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t fall for

How to use 반하다

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

  1. Present

    사람들은 그 배우의 미소에 반해요.

    People fall for that actor's smile.

  2. Past

    민준 씨는 수아 씨한테 첫눈에 반했어요.

    Min-jun fell for Su-a at first sight.

  3. Future

    이 노래를 들으면 바로 반할 거예요.

    Once you hear this song, you'll fall for it right away.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 젊을 때 할머니한테 반하셨어요.

    Grandpa fell for Grandma when he was young.

  5. Connectives

    그 가수한테 반해서 콘서트에 갔어요.

    I fell for that singer, so I went to the concert.

  6. Requests and commands

    아무한테나 그렇게 쉽게 반하지 마세요.

    Don't fall for just anyone so easily.

Good to know

  • Who you fall for takes 한테 or 에게: 첫눈에 반했어요 is "it was love at first sight".

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.