KOREAN VERB

치다

to play (a guitar, a piano), to strike

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI play
NegativeI don’t play

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI played
NegativeI didn’t play

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI play (respectfully)
PastI played (respectfully)
FutureI will play (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

민준이는 저녁마다 방에서 기타를 쳐요.

Min-jun plays the guitar in his room every evening.
Past

어릴 때 피아노를 오 년 쳤어요.

As a child I played the piano for five years.
Future

토요일에 일라이 씨하고 테니스를 칠 거예요.

On Saturday I'll play tennis with Eli.
Honorific

김 선생님께서는 주말마다 친구분하고 골프를 치세요.

Mr. Kim plays golf with a friend every weekend.
Connectives

수아가 피아노를 치고 제가 노래해요.

Su-a plays the piano and I sing.
Requests and commands

밤에는 드럼 치지 마세요. 시끄러워요.

Don't play the drums at night. It's noisy.