KOREAN VERB

도와주다

to help (someone)

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

지영 씨는 항상 저를 도와줘요.

Ji-yeong always helps me.
Past

어제 친구가 숙제를 도와줬어요.

A friend helped me with my homework yesterday.
Future

걱정하지 마세요, 제가 도와줄 거예요.

Don't worry, I'll help you.
Honorific

김 선생님이 발표 준비를 도와주셨어요.

Mr. Kim helped me prepare the presentation.
Connectives

수아 씨가 도와줘서 일찍 끝났어요.

Su-a helped, so we finished early.
Requests and commands

무거우니까 이것 좀 도와주세요.

It's heavy, so please help me with this.

도와주다 is 돕다 plus 주다, help done for someone: 도와주세요 is the everyday help me, please.

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

Beginner Level 3 · 도와줘서 고마워요.

Advanced Level 2 · 민준이가 도와주잖아. 설날까지만 시간 줘.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.