KOREAN VERB

버리다

to throw away; after another verb, to do it completely, and too late

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI throw away
NegativeI don’t throw away

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI threw away
NegativeI didn’t throw away

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will throw away
NegativeI won’t throw away

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI throw away (respectfully)
PastI threw away (respectfully)
FutureI will throw away (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

음식 쓰레기는 매일 저녁에 버려요.

I throw out the food waste every evening.
Past

이사하면서 오래된 신발을 다 버렸어요.

While moving, I threw away all my old shoes.
Future

이 빈 상자들은 내일 아침에 버릴 거예요.

I'll throw these empty boxes away tomorrow morning.
Honorific

할머니는 오래된 물건을 아무것도 안 버리세요.

Grandma doesn't throw away any of her old things.
Connectives

필요 없는 건 버리고 나머지는 기부했어요.

I threw away what I didn't need and donated the rest.
Requests and commands

여기에 쓰레기를 버리지 마세요. 벌금 있어요.

Don't throw rubbish here. There's a fine.

After another verb's -아/어 form, 버리다 says it's done for good: 다 먹어 버렸어요 "I ate it all up", 잊어버렸어요 "I forgot".

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

Intermediate Level 1 · 다 팔려 버렸어요. 방금요.

Intermediate Level 3 · 그럼요. 표는 버리지 마세요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.