KOREAN VERB

바라다

to hope, to wish (the verb behind we ask that you please)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI hope
NegativeI don’t hope

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI hoped
NegativeI didn’t hope

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI hope (respectfully)
PastI hoped (respectfully)
FutureI will hope (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

저는 두 분이 행복하시길 바라요.

I hope you two will be happy.
Past

어릴 때는 가수가 되기를 바랐어요.

When I was little, I hoped to become a singer.
Future

부모님은 늘 제가 잘되기를 바랄 거예요.

My parents will always hope I do well.
Honorific

할머니는 제가 빨리 결혼하기를 바라세요.

Grandma hopes I'll get married soon.
Connectives

비가 그치기를 바라지만 하늘이 어두워요.

I hope the rain stops, but the sky is dark.
Requests and commands

처음부터 너무 큰 것을 바라지 마세요.

Don't hope for too much from the start.