KOREAN VERB

들이다

to let someone in, to show someone in

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI let someone in
NegativeI don’t let someone in

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI let someone in
NegativeI didn’t let someone in

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will let someone in
NegativeI won’t let someone in

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI let someone in (respectfully)
PastI let someone in (respectfully)
FutureI will let someone in (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

비 오는 날에는 고양이를 집 안에 들여요.

On rainy days I let the cat into the house.
Past

어제 처음으로 친구들을 새집에 들였어요.

Yesterday I let my friends into the new house for the first time.
Future

공사가 끝나면 바로 세입자를 들일 거예요.

When the work is done, I'll take in a tenant right away.
Honorific

할머니가 손님을 안방으로 들이셨어요.

Grandma showed the guest into the main room.
Connectives

손님을 들이면 먼저 따뜻한 차를 내세요.

When you show a guest in, first serve warm tea.
Requests and commands

모르는 사람은 절대 집에 들이지 마세요.

Never let a stranger into the house.

들이다 ends in 이다 but is not the copula: 들여요, 들였어요. It is also to put in money, time or effort, 돈을 들이다, 공을 들이다; coming in yourself is 들어오다.

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

Fluency Level 3 · 일곱 시에 누가 널 부엌에 들였어?

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.