KOREAN VERB

대답하다

to answer, to reply

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI answer
NegativeI don’t answer

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI answered
NegativeI didn’t answer

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI answer (respectfully)
PastI answered (respectfully)
FutureI will answer (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 질문에 항상 짧게 대답해요.

Min-jun always answers questions briefly.
Past

저는 잘 모른다고 솔직하게 대답했어요.

I answered honestly that I didn't really know.
Future

내일까지 생각해 보고 대답할 거예요.

I'll think it over and answer by tomorrow.
Honorific

할아버지가 제 질문에 천천히 대답하셨어요.

Grandpa answered my question slowly.
Connectives

솔직하게 대답하면 아무도 화 안 내요.

If you answer honestly, nobody gets angry.
Requests and commands

이름을 부르면 큰 소리로 대답하세요.

When your name is called, answer loudly.

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

Intermediate Level 3 · 뭐라고 대답했어요?

Fluency Level 1 · 나도 부산말로 대답할까?

Fluency Level 1 · 네, 할머니. 서울말로 대답할게요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.