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KOREAN VERB

들다

to carry, to lift

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI carry
NegativeI don’t carry

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI carried
NegativeI didn’t carry

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI carry (respectfully)
PastI carried (respectfully)
FutureI will carry (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 들다

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

  1. Present

    민준 씨는 무거운 상자를 쉽게 들어요.

    Min-jun lifts heavy boxes easily.

  2. Past

    혼자서 그 소파를 들었어요?

    Did you lift that sofa by yourself?

  3. Future

    큰 가방은 제가 들 거예요.

    I'll carry the big bag.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지가 혼자 그 상자를 드셨어요.

    Grandpa lifted that box by himself.

  5. Connectives

    상자를 들고 삼 층까지 올라갔어요.

    I carried the box up to the third floor.

  6. Requests and commands

    허리 조심하고 천천히 드세요.

    Mind your back and lift it slowly.

Good to know

  • 들다 has other faces too: 마음에 들다, to like, and 잠이 들다, to fall asleep.

Where you hear 들다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 제가 가방을 들어요. I carry the bag.
  • 큰 상자를 들었어요. I carried the big box.
  • 내일 내가 들 거야. Tomorrow I'll carry it.

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 제가 가방을 들어요. I carry the bag.
  • 큰 상자를 들었어요. I carried the big box.
  • 내일 내가 들 거야. Tomorrow I'll carry it.
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Moving day

Beginner Level 3 · 큰 상자는 내가 들게. · 제가 들게요. · 가방은 제가 들게요.

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The chief editor

Intermediate Level 2 · 차라리 가방 드는 게 낫겠어.

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The clinic

Advanced Level 2 · 아내가 책 상자를 자주 들어요.

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Through the door

Advanced Level 2 · 들고 들어와. · 문으로 들고 들어와. 끝 벽까지.

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Soft tofu for ten

Advanced Level 3 · 엄마가 순한 거에 고기 들었냬요.

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Why the sky is blue

Fluency Level 1 · 예를 들면요?

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Translating for Grandma

Fluency Level 3 · 아빠가 병에 뭐가 들었냐고요.

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