KOREAN VERB

출발하다

to leave, to set off, to depart

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI leave
NegativeI don’t leave

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI left
NegativeI didn’t leave

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI leave (respectfully)
PastI left (respectfully)
FutureI will leave (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

부산행 기차는 아홉 시에 출발해요.

The train to Busan leaves at nine.
Past

저희는 아침 일찍 서울에서 출발했어요.

We set off from Seoul early in the morning.
Future

버스는 십 분 후에 출발할 거예요.

The bus will leave in ten minutes.
Honorific

부모님은 벌써 집에서 공항으로 출발하셨어요.

My parents have already set off from home for the airport.
Connectives

집에서 출발하면 저한테 문자 보내 주세요.

Text me when you set off from home.
Requests and commands

길이 많이 막히니까 지금 바로 출발하세요.

The roads are very busy, so leave right now.

출발하다 is to set off, the opposite of 도착하다 (to arrive); 떠나다 is to leave a place behind.

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

Intermediate Level 1 · 몇 시에 출발해요?

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.