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KOREAN VERB

데려가다

to take (a person) along, to bring someone to a place

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take along
NegativeI don’t take along

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took along
NegativeI didn’t take along

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will take along
NegativeI won’t take along

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take along (respectfully)
PastI took along (respectfully)
FutureI will take along (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) taking along, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) taking along, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I take along
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I take along
  5. But (-지만) I take along, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please take along
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please take along (formal)
  3. Plain command take along! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t take along

How to use 데려가다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    저는 주말마다 아이들을 수영장에 데려가요.

    Every weekend I take the kids to the swimming pool.

  2. Past

    친구가 저를 한강 야시장에 데려갔어요.

    My friend took me to the Han River night market.

  3. Future

    다음에 서울 오면 제가 맛집에 데려갈 거예요.

    Next time you're in Seoul I'll take you to a great restaurant.

  4. Honorific

    아버지가 저를 처음 야구장에 데려가셨어요.

    Dad took me to the baseball stadium for the first time.

  5. Connectives

    강아지를 데려가면 그 카페는 못 들어가요.

    If you bring the dog, you can't go into that cafe.

  6. Requests and commands

    동생도 심심해하니까 공원에 같이 데려가세요.

    Your little brother's bored, so take him along to the park too.

Good to know

  • 데려가다 takes a person or a pet somewhere, 가져가다 a thing; 데려오다 brings them here. For an elder, 모시고 가다.

Where you hear 데려가다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 학생들을 도서관에 데려가요. I take the students to the library.
  • 어제 하은이를 시장에 데려갔어요. Yesterday I took Ha-eun to the market.
  • 내일 우리 반을 공연에 데려갈 거예요. Tomorrow I'll take my class to the show.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.