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KOREAN VERB

가다

to go

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI go
NegativeI don’t go

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI went
NegativeI didn’t go

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI go (respectfully)
PastI went (respectfully)
FutureI will go (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 가다

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

  1. Present

    저는 매일 아침 지하철로 회사에 가요.

    I go to work by subway every morning.

  2. Past

    지난 주말에 친구하고 같이 부산에 갔어요.

    Last weekend I went to Busan with a friend.

  3. Future

    내일 오후에 민준 씨하고 시장에 갈 거예요.

    Tomorrow afternoon I'll go to the market with Min-jun.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 매주 일요일에 교회에 가세요.

    Grandma goes to church every Sunday.

  5. Connectives

    지금 집에 가서 저녁을 먹을 거예요.

    I'll go home now and have dinner.

  6. Requests and commands

    먼저 가세요, 저는 조금 늦을 거예요.

    Go ahead, I'll be a little late.

Good to know

  • Where you go takes 에: 학교에 가요; how you go takes 로: 버스로 가요.

Where you hear 가다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 저는 아침에 학교에 가요. I go to school in the morning.
  • 어제 시장에 갔어요. Yesterday I went to the market.
  • 내일 부산에 갈 거예요. Tomorrow I'll go to Busan.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 저는 아침에 학교에 가요. I go to school in the morning.
  • 어제 시장에 갔어요. Yesterday I went to the market.
  • 내일 부산에 갈 거예요. Tomorrow I'll go to Busan.

And 57 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.