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KOREAN VERB

두다

to put, to leave (something somewhere)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI put
NegativeI don’t put

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI put
NegativeI didn’t put

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI put (respectfully)
PastI put (respectfully)
FutureI will put (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 두다

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

  1. Present

    열쇠는 항상 현관 서랍에 둬요.

    I always keep the keys in the hall drawer.

  2. Past

    가방을 회사에 뒀어요, 다시 가야 해요.

    I left my bag at the office, I have to go back.

  3. Future

    이 꽃은 거실 창가에 둘 거예요.

    I'll put these flowers by the living room window.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 안경을 또 어디에 두셨어요?

    Grandma, where did you put your glasses again?

  5. Connectives

    우산을 지하철 자리에 두고 그냥 내렸어요.

    I left my umbrella on the subway seat and just got off.

  6. Requests and commands

    신발은 여기 두지 말고 신발장에 두세요.

    Don't leave your shoes here, put them in the shoe cabinet.

Good to know

  • After another verb, -아/어 두다 is to do something and leave it that way: 문을 열어 두세요, leave the door open.

Where you hear 두다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 3

  • 가방은 여기 둬요. Put the bag here.
  • 열쇠를 식탁에 뒀어요. I left the keys on the table.
  • 내일 책을 형 방에 둘 거예요. Tomorrow I'll leave the book in your room.

Korean · Advanced Level 1

  • 가방은 여기 둬요. Put the bag here.
  • 열쇠를 식탁에 뒀어요. I left the keys on the table.
  • 내일 책을 형 방에 둘 거예요. Tomorrow I'll leave the book in your room.
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What do Americans eat?

Intermediate Level 3 · 내 부엌에서? 두고 보자.

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Moving day

Advanced Level 1 · 형, 책장은 어디에 둘까? · 큰 벽에. 테이프로 표시해 뒀어.

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The platform

Advanced Level 3 · 아빠가 유모차는 어디에 두냬.

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The Rabbit's Liver

Fluency Level 2 · 간을 밖에 두고 다니는 짐승이 어디 있냐?

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Shoes on the wrong feet

Fluency Level 2 · 오십 년을 틀리게 말해도 그냥 뒀어.

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One glass

Fluency Level 2 · 떡이야말로 식구를 붙잡아 둔 거다.

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