KOREAN VERB

벗다

to take off (clothes, shoes)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI take off
NegativeI don’t take off

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI took off
NegativeI didn’t take off

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will take off
NegativeI won’t take off

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI take off (respectfully)
PastI took off (respectfully)
FutureI will take off (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

한국에서는 집에 들어갈 때 신발을 벗어요.

In Korea you take your shoes off when you go into a house.
Past

너무 더워서 사무실에서 재킷을 벗었어요.

It was too hot, so I took my jacket off in the office.
Future

식당에 들어가면 모자를 벗을 거예요.

When I go into the restaurant, I'll take my hat off.
Honorific

할아버지께서 날이 더워서 코트를 벗으셨어요.

Grandpa took his coat off because the day was hot.
Connectives

신발을 벗고 소파에 편하게 앉으세요.

Take your shoes off and sit comfortably on the sofa.
Requests and commands

들어오기 전에 여기서 신발을 벗으세요.

Take your shoes off here before you come in.

벗다 takes off anything you wear, shoes, a coat, glasses, a hat; in a Korean home, shoes come off at the door.

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

Intermediate Level 2 · 일라이 씨, 한복 벗으세요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.