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KOREAN VERB

들려주다

to tell, to let hear

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI tell
NegativeI don’t tell

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI told
NegativeI didn’t tell

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI tell (respectfully)
PastI told (respectfully)
FutureI will tell (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 들려주다

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

  1. Present

    아빠는 밤마다 아이들한테 옛날이야기를 들려줘요.

    Dad tells the kids old tales every night.

  2. Past

    어제 친구가 정말 좋은 소식을 들려줬어요.

    Yesterday a friend told me some really good news.

  3. Future

    다음에 제 고향 노래를 들려줄 거예요.

    Next time I'll let you hear a song from my hometown.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 어제 전쟁 때 이야기를 들려주셨어요.

    Yesterday Grandma told us stories from the war.

  5. Connectives

    노래를 들려주면 아기가 금방 자요.

    If you play the baby a song, she falls asleep fast.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준 씨, 제주도 여행 이야기 좀 들려주세요.

    Min-jun, tell us about your Jeju trip.

Good to know

  • 들리다 plus 주다: to let someone hear a story, a song or a piece of news.

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