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KOREAN VERB

듣다

to hear, to listen

  • #40 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hear
NegativeI don’t hear

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI heard
NegativeI didn’t hear

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI hear (respectfully)
PastI heard (respectfully)
FutureI will hear (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 듣다

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

  1. Present

    저는 출근할 때 음악을 들어요.

    I listen to music on my way to work.

  2. Past

    그 소식은 어제 수아한테 들었어요.

    I heard that news from Su-a yesterday.

  3. Future

    오늘 밤에 그 노래를 다시 들을 거예요.

    I'll listen to that song again tonight.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 라디오 뉴스를 매일 들으세요.

    Grandma listens to the radio news every day.

  5. Connectives

    제 말을 끝까지 듣고 대답하세요.

    Listen to me until the end, then answer.

  6. Requests and commands

    잘 들으세요. 한 번만 말할게요.

    Listen carefully. I'll only say it once.

Good to know

  • 듣다 changes its ㄷ to ㄹ before a vowel: 들어요, 들었어요, but 듣고 and 듣습니다.

Where you hear 듣다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 아침마다 한국 노래를 들어요. Every morning I listen to Korean songs.
  • 지영 씨한테서 그 이야기를 들었어요. I heard that story from Ji-yeong.
  • 내일 내 이야기를 들을 거야. Tomorrow you'll hear my story.

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 아침마다 한국 노래를 들어요. Every morning I listen to Korean songs.
  • 지영 씨한테서 그 이야기를 들었어요. I heard that story from Ji-yeong.
  • 내일 내 이야기를 들을 거야. Tomorrow you'll hear my story.
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Grandma's story

Intermediate Level 1 · 동수 이야기 듣고 싶어? · 네, 듣고 싶어요.

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How it all came about

Intermediate Level 1 · 방이 추웠어. 어머님이 들으셨어.

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Rehearsing

Intermediate Level 2 · 들으려면 질문으로 시작하세요.

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The photograph

Intermediate Level 2 · 이유를 말했으면 들었을 거야.

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The mothers

Intermediate Level 3 · 누구한테 들었어? 너한테?

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You should have

Intermediate Level 3 · 어른이 먼저 들으셔. 말씀드렸어야 했어.

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The families meet

Advanced Level 1 · 얘기 많이 들었어요. 한국말 잘하시네요.

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The interview

Advanced Level 1 · 선생님에 대해 많이 들었습니다.

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Grandma's rules

Advanced Level 2 · 네, 딸 맞아요. 병원에서 들었어요.

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Producer Yoon's call

Fluency Level 1 · 진행자가 클럽에서 들었대요. 전화하라고 할게요.

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A star

Fluency Level 1 · 방송 잘 들었어, 쌤. 하늘 얘기 좋았어. · 마포 반이 오빠 한국 엄마 들었대.

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A rehearsal that goes wrong

Fluency Level 1 · 백 번 말했잖아. 서로 들으라고.

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