KOREAN VERB

읊다

to recite (a poem), to chant

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI recite
NegativeI don’t recite

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI recited
NegativeI didn’t recite

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI recite (respectfully)
PastI recited (respectfully)
FutureI will recite (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

민준이는 취하면 늘 같은 시를 읊어요.

When he's drunk, Min-jun always recites the same poem.
Past

수아가 결혼식에서 직접 쓴 시를 읊었어요.

Su-a recited a poem she wrote herself at the wedding.
Future

학예회에서 짧은 시 한 편을 읊을 거예요.

I'll recite a short poem at the school show.
Honorific

할아버지는 술 한잔 하시면 옛날 시를 읊으세요.

When Grandpa has a drink, he recites old poems.
Connectives

시를 읊고 나서 다 같이 박수를 쳤어요.

After the poem was recited, we all clapped.
Requests and commands

자, 이제 제일 좋아하는 시를 읊으세요.

Right, now recite your favourite poem.

읊다 is said 읍따, and 읊어요 is 을퍼요. It is for poems, and for rattling off something from memory, half in fun.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 서당 개 삼 년이면 풍월을 읊는다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.