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KOREAN VERB

감동하다

to be moved

  • #391 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am moved
NegativeI am not moved

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was moved
NegativeI was not moved

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be moved
NegativeI won’t be moved

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am moved (respectfully)
PastI was moved (respectfully)
FutureI will be moved (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 감동하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 이 영화를 볼 때마다 감동해요.

    I'm moved every time I watch this movie.

  2. Past

    친구들의 깜짝 파티에 정말 감동했어요.

    I was really moved by my friends' surprise party.

  3. Future

    어머니가 이 편지를 읽으면 감동할 거예요.

    Mom will be moved when she reads this letter.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 손자의 피아노 연주에 감동하셨어요.

    Grandma was moved by her grandson's piano playing.

  5. Connectives

    너무 감동해서 눈물이 다 났어요.

    I was so moved that I even cried.

  6. Requests and commands

    아직 감동하지 마세요, 선물이 더 있어요.

    Don't be moved yet, there are more presents.

Good to know

  • 감동하다 is to be moved; 감동적이다 is "moving", for the film or the speech.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.