KOREAN VERB

부치다

to fry (a pancake), to cook on a griddle

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI fry
NegativeI don’t fry

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI fried
NegativeI didn’t fry

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI fry (respectfully)
PastI fried (respectfully)
FutureI will fry (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

추석에는 온 가족이 모여서 전을 부쳐요.

At Chuseok the whole family gathers and fries pancakes.
Past

어제 비가 와서 김치전을 부쳤어요.

It rained yesterday, so I fried kimchi pancakes.
Future

설날 아침에는 제가 전을 부칠 거예요.

On New Year's morning I'll fry the pancakes.
Honorific

할머니는 명절마다 전을 백 장씩 부치세요.

Grandma fries a hundred pancakes every holiday.
Connectives

전을 부치면 온 집에 기름 냄새가 나요.

When you fry pancakes, the whole house smells of oil.
Requests and commands

수아야, 불 줄이고 천천히 부쳐.

Su-a, turn the heat down and fry them slowly.

전을 부치다 is the holiday pancake frying on a flat pan; the same 부치다 is also to post a letter or a parcel, 편지를 부치다.

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

Fluency Level 3 · 제가요, 전 부치실 때요. 용서해 주세요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.