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KOREAN VERB

등산하다

to hike, to climb a mountain

  • #434 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hike
NegativeI don’t hike

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hiked
NegativeI didn’t hike

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI hike (respectfully)
PastI hiked (respectfully)
FutureI will hike (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 등산하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 주말마다 북한산에서 등산해요.

    I hike on Bukhansan every weekend.

  2. Past

    지난 토요일에 친구들하고 등산했어요.

    Last Saturday I went hiking with friends.

  3. Future

    다음 주 일요일에 등산할 거예요.

    I'm going hiking next Sunday.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 아직도 매주 등산하세요.

    Grandpa still hikes every week.

  5. Connectives

    등산하고 산 아래에서 점심을 먹었어요.

    We hiked and then had lunch at the foot of the mountain.

  6. Requests and commands

    좋은 등산화를 신고 등산하세요.

    Wear good hiking boots when you hike.

Good to know

  • 등산 is the noun: 등산을 가다, to go hiking, and 등산화, hiking boots.

Where you hear 등산하다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 토요일마다 등산해요. I hike every Saturday.
  • 지난주에 북한산에서 등산했어요. Last week I hiked on Bukhansan.
  • 다음 주에도 등산할 거예요. Next week I'll hike too.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.