Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI am how | |||
| NegativeI am not how |
Conjugation
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Past
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI was how | |||
| NegativeI was not how |
Future
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will be how | |||
| NegativeI won’t be how |
Honorific
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI am how (respectfully) | ||
| PastI was how (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will be how (respectfully) |
Connectives
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
- And (-고) being how, and…, and…
- So, and then (-아/어서) being how, and…, so…
- If, when (-(으)면) if I am how
- Because (-(으)니까) because I am how
- But (-지만) I am how, but…
How to use 어떻다
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
지영 씨, 오늘 서울 날씨 어때요?
Ji-yeong, how's the weather in Seoul today?
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Past
일라이 씨, 어제 본 영화는 어땠어요?
Eli, how was the film you saw yesterday?
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Future
일라이 씨, 서울 생활은 앞으로 어떨 거예요?
Eli, what will life in Seoul be like from now on?
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Honorific
할머니, 요즘 건강은 좀 어떠세요?
Grandma, how's your health these days?
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Connectives
제 옷이 어때서 그렇게 웃어요?
What's wrong with my clothes that you laugh like that?
Good to know
- 어때요? asks "how is it, how about it?"; 어떻게 is the adverb, how: 어떻게 가요?
Where you hear 어떻다
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Korean · Beginner Level 2
- 오늘 날씨 어때요? How is the weather today?
- 어제 축제 어땠어요? How was the festival yesterday?
- 내일은 어떨 거예요? How will tomorrow be?
Korean · Beginner Level 3
- 오늘 날씨 어때요? How is the weather today?
- 어제 축제 어땠어요? How was the festival yesterday?
- 내일은 어떨 거예요? How will tomorrow be?
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Telling the family
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Beginner Level 2 · 일라이 씨, 축제 어땠어요?
A cold morning
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Beginner Level 2 · 내일 날씨는 어때요?
The flat
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Beginner Level 3 · 일라이 씨, 어때요?
Monday
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Beginner Level 3 · 일라이 씨, 진해 어땠어요?
Sunday lunch
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Beginner Level 3 · 일라이 씨, 부산 어땠어요?
By the heater
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Intermediate Level 1 · 학생들은 어떻습니까? · 오후에는 어떻습니까?
Two weeks of waiting
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Intermediate Level 2 · 한 잔이요. 형, 전화하는 게 어때?
The festival fee
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Advanced Level 2 · 축제에 과학 부스 하나 어때요?
After the gig
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Fluency Level 1 · 그래서, 어땠어?
Grandma's table
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Fluency Level 2 · 국은 어때?
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.