KOREAN VERB

부탁하다

to ask a favour, to request

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI ask a favour
NegativeI don’t ask a favour

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI asked a favour
NegativeI didn’t ask a favour

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will ask a favour
NegativeI won’t ask a favour

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI ask a favour (respectfully)
PastI asked a favour (respectfully)
FutureI will ask a favour (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

민준 씨, 이거 하나만 부탁해요.

Min-jun, just this one favour, please.
Past

어제 동생한테 청소를 부탁했어요.

Yesterday I asked my little brother to do the cleaning.
Future

내일 선생님께 추천서를 부탁할 거예요.

Tomorrow I'll ask the teacher for a recommendation letter.
Honorific

할머니가 저한테 장보기를 부탁하셨어요.

Grandma asked me to do the shopping.
Connectives

도움을 부탁하면 민준 씨는 항상 와요.

If you ask for help, Min-jun always comes.
Requests and commands

필요한 게 있으면 저한테 부탁하세요.

If you need anything, ask me.