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KOREAN VERB

같다

to be the same, to be like

  • #129 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am the same
NegativeI am not the same

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was the same
NegativeI was not the same

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be the same
NegativeI won’t be the same

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 같다

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

  1. Present

    제 생일은 동생 수아 생일하고 같아요.

    My birthday is the same as my sister Su-a's.

  2. Past

    작년 시험 문제가 올해하고 같았어요.

    Last year's exam questions were the same as this year's.

  3. Future

    내일 날씨도 오늘하고 같을 거예요.

    Tomorrow's weather will be the same as today's.

  4. Honorific

    할머니 생각도 제 생각하고 같으세요.

    Grandma thinks the same as I do.

  5. Connectives

    값은 같지만 맛은 많이 달라요.

    The price is the same, but the taste is very different.

Good to know

  • 같다 takes 하고 or 과/와 for "the same as": 저하고 같아요; 것 같아요 after a verb is "I think, it seems".

Where you hear 같다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 월급은 작년과 같아요. The pay is the same as last year.
  • 날씨가 어제하고 같았어요. The weather was the same as yesterday.
  • 내년에도 같을 거야. It'll be the same next year too.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 월급은 작년과 같아요. The pay is the same as last year.
  • 날씨가 어제하고 같았어요. The weather was the same as yesterday.
  • 내년에도 같을 거야. It'll be the same next year too.
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A second year?

Beginner Level 2 · 월급은 같습니다. 일 년 더.

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The blossoms

Beginner Level 3 · 와. 눈 같아요. 정말 예쁘네요!

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Monday

Beginner Level 3 · 저도 그런 것 같아요.

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Half-moon rice cakes

Intermediate Level 1 · 제 거는 돌 같아요.

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The flower shop

Intermediate Level 1 · 형이 잘못한 것 같아. · 아직 화난 것 같아. · 장미는 고백 같아요. 사과에는 이거요. · 노란색을 좋아하는 것 같아요.

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Two in the morning

Intermediate Level 2 · 한 문장, 두 시간. 아직 영어 같아.

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At the airport

Intermediate Level 3 · 고집이 우리 아버지 같네.

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Grandma's table

Fluency Level 2 · 늘 같은 국은 맛있기 마련이다.

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The half-moon rice cakes

Fluency Level 2 · 제 건 꼭 만두 같아요.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.