KOREAN VERB

들어주다

to listen to, to grant

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI listen to
NegativeI don’t listen to

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI listened to
NegativeI didn’t listen to

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will listen to
NegativeI won’t listen to

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI listen to (respectfully)
PastI listened to (respectfully)
FutureI will listen to (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

지영 씨는 친구들 고민을 잘 들어줘요.

Ji-yeong is good at listening to her friends' worries.
Past

엄마가 결국 제 부탁을 들어줬어요.

Mom finally granted my request.
Future

이번 한 번만 네 소원을 들어줄 거야.

Just this once, I'll grant your wish.
Honorific

할머니는 제 이야기를 끝까지 들어주셨어요.

Grandma listened to my story to the end.
Connectives

이 부탁을 들어주면 저녁 살게요.

If you do me this favor, I'll buy dinner.
Requests and commands

제 말 좀 들어주세요, 중요한 일이에요.

Please hear me out; it's important.

들어주다 is listening for someone's sake, to a story or a worry, and granting what they ask: 부탁을 들어주다, 소원을 들어주다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.