KOREAN VERB

돕다

to help

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI help
NegativeI don’t help

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI helped
NegativeI didn’t help

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI help (respectfully)
PastI helped (respectfully)
FutureI will help (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

주말에는 부모님 일을 도와요.

On weekends I help with my parents' work.
Past

민준 씨가 이사를 도왔어요.

Min-jun helped with the move.
Future

오늘은 제가 설거지를 도울 거예요.

I'll help with the dishes today.
Honorific

할머니는 아픈 이웃을 자주 도우세요.

Grandma often helps sick neighbors.
Connectives

서로 도우면 일이 빨리 끝나요.

If we help each other, the work ends quickly.
Requests and commands

시간이 있으면 어려운 사람을 도우세요.

If you have time, help people in need.

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

Beginner Level 3 · 어머님, 제가 도와드릴게요.

Fluency Level 3 · 도우러 왔어요, 할머니.

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.