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KOREAN VERB

버티다

to hold out

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hold out
NegativeI don’t hold out

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI held out
NegativeI didn’t hold out

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will hold out
NegativeI won’t hold out

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI hold out (respectfully)
PastI held out (respectfully)
FutureI will hold out (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 버티다

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

  1. Present

    매달 월급날까지 어떻게든 겨우 버텨요.

    Every month I somehow just barely hold out until payday.

  2. Past

    첫 직장에서 삼 년을 버텼어요.

    I held out for three years at my first job.

  3. Future

    이번 겨울은 이 코트로 버틸 거예요.

    I'll get through this winter with this coat.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 힘든 세월을 혼자 버티셨어요.

    Grandma held out through hard years on her own.

  5. Connectives

    힘들게 버티지만 그만두고 싶지 않아요.

    I'm barely holding on, but I don't want to quit.

  6. Requests and commands

    조금만 더 버티세요, 곧 주말이에요.

    Hold on a little longer, the weekend's almost here.

Good to know

  • 버티다 is to hang on and not give up: 끝까지 버텼어요; 버티기 힘들어요 is "it's hard to hang on".

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