KOREAN VERB

찾아오다

to come to visit

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI come to visit
NegativeI don’t come to visit

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI came to visit
NegativeI didn’t come to visit

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will come to visit
NegativeI won’t come to visit

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI come to visit (respectfully)
PastI came to visit (respectfully)
FutureI will come to visit (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

손님들이 멀리서 우리 가게를 찾아와요.

Customers come to our shop from far away.
Past

어제 옛 친구가 갑자기 집에 찾아왔어요.

Yesterday an old friend suddenly came by my place.
Future

내일 수리 기사가 찾아올 거예요.

The repairman will come by tomorrow.
Honorific

할머니가 김치를 들고 집에 찾아오셨어요.

Grandma came to visit carrying kimchi.
Connectives

봄이 찾아오면 같이 꽃구경 가요.

When spring comes, let's go see the blossoms together.
Requests and commands

언제든지 찾아오세요, 문은 열려 있어요.

Come by any time; the door is open.

찾아오다 is someone coming to you; 찾아가다 is you going to them. 봄이 찾아오다 is spring arriving.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.