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KOREAN VERB

가르쳐주다

to teach, to tell

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI teach
NegativeI don’t teach

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI taught
NegativeI didn’t teach

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI teach (respectfully)
PastI taught (respectfully)
FutureI will teach (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 가르쳐주다

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

  1. Present

    지영 씨가 매주 저한테 한국어를 가르쳐줘요.

    Ji-yeong teaches me Korean every week.

  2. Past

    아저씨가 역까지 가는 길을 가르쳐줬어요.

    A man told me the way to the station.

  3. Future

    제가 김치 담그는 법을 가르쳐줄 거예요.

    I'll teach you how to make kimchi.

  4. Honorific

    박 선생님이 어려운 발음을 천천히 가르쳐주셨어요.

    Mrs. Park taught me the hard pronunciation slowly.

  5. Connectives

    길을 자세히 가르쳐주니까 금방 찾았어요.

    Since you explained the way in detail, I found it quickly.

  6. Requests and commands

    죄송한데 이 단어 뜻 좀 가르쳐주세요.

    Sorry, but could you tell me what this word means?

Good to know

  • 가르치다 plus 주다, teach it for me; 가르쳐 주세요 asks for anything from a word to the way to the station.

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