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KOREAN VERB

비우다

to empty, to leave blank, to clear (a room, a glass, a box on a form)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI empty
NegativeI don’t empty

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI emptied
NegativeI didn’t empty

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI empty (respectfully)
PastI emptied (respectfully)
FutureI will empty (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 비우다

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

  1. Present

    저는 매주 일요일에 쓰레기통을 비워요.

    I empty the bin every Sunday.

  2. Past

    이사 전에 방을 다 비웠어요.

    Before the move I cleared out the whole room.

  3. Future

    이번 주말에는 집을 비울 거예요.

    I'll be away from home this weekend.

  4. Honorific

    김 선생님은 잠깐 자리를 비우셨어요.

    Mr. Kim has stepped away from his desk for a moment.

  5. Connectives

    이 칸은 비우고 다음 칸부터 쓰세요.

    Leave this box blank and write from the next one.

  6. Requests and commands

    맨 아래 서명 칸은 비우지 마세요.

    Don't leave the signature box at the bottom blank.

Good to know

  • 자리를 비우다 is to step away from your desk; 집을 비우다 is to be away from home.

Where you hear 비우다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 모르는 칸은 비워요. You leave the boxes you don't know blank.
  • 본은 비웠어요. We left the family seat blank.
  • 내일 가게를 비울 거예요. Tomorrow I'll clear out the shop.

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