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KOREAN VERB

드시다

to eat, to drink (honorific)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI eat
NegativeI don’t eat

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI ate
NegativeI didn’t eat

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI eat (respectfully)
PastI ate (respectfully)
FutureI will eat (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 드시다

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

  1. Present

    할머니는 아침에 꼭 밥을 드세요.

    Grandma always eats rice in the morning.

  2. Past

    김 사장님은 점심을 벌써 드셨어요.

    Mr. Kim already ate lunch.

  3. Future

    할아버지는 저녁에 삼계탕을 드실 거예요.

    Grandpa will have samgyetang for dinner.

  4. Honorific

    박 선생님은 커피를 안 드십니다.

    Mrs. Park doesn't drink coffee.

  5. Connectives

    할머니는 약을 드시고 바로 주무셨어요.

    Grandma took her medicine and went straight to sleep.

  6. Requests and commands

    여기 앉아서 천천히 드세요.

    Sit here and eat slowly.

Good to know

  • 드시다 is 먹다 and 마시다 said of an elder; 맛있게 드세요 is what you say before someone eats.

Where you hear 드시다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 어머니는 아침에 커피를 드세요. Mother drinks coffee in the morning.
  • 할머니는 점심 드셨어요? Did Grandma have lunch?
  • 내일 같이 드실 거예요? Will you eat with us tomorrow?

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 어머니는 아침에 커피를 드세요. Mother drinks coffee in the morning.
  • 할머니는 점심 드셨어요? Did Grandma have lunch?
  • 내일 같이 드실 거예요? Will you eat with us tomorrow?
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A cafe in Hongdae

Beginner Level 1 · 드시고 가세요?

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A kimbap shop

Beginner Level 1 · 맛있게 드세요.

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A cold

Beginner Level 1 · 감기예요. 이 약 드세요. · 따뜻한 물 많이 드세요. 몸조리 잘하세요.

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Mrs. Park's kimchi stall

Beginner Level 1 · 많이 드세요. · 많이 드세요. 이거 가져가세요.

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Sunday dinner with Grandma

Beginner Level 1 · 할머니, 진지 드세요. · 할머니, 더 드세요. · 네, 잘 먹겠습니다. 할머니도 드세요.

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Grandma's kimchi

Beginner Level 2 · 할머니 먼저 드세요.

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A cold

Beginner Level 2 · 이거 드세요. 생강차예요.

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The pharmacy

Beginner Level 2 · 하루에 세 번, 식후에 드세요. · 식전에 드세요. · 네 시간마다 드세요.

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A year older

Beginner Level 2 · 떡국 드세요. 한 그릇이 한 살이에요.

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Telling the Kims

Beginner Level 3 · 그럼 일요일에는 여기에서 드세요.

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The neighbour

Beginner Level 3 · 드셔 보세요. · 어제 이사 왔어요. 이 떡 드셔 보세요.

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The top

Beginner Level 3 · 자, 주먹밥 하나 드세요. · 하하, 그럼 하나 더 드세요.

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