KOREAN VERB

거짓말하다

to lie, to tell a lie

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI lie
NegativeI don’t lie

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI lied
NegativeI didn’t lie

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI lie (respectfully)
PastI lied (respectfully)
FutureI will lie (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

제 동생 수아는 절대 거짓말 안 해요.

My little sister Su-a never lies.
Past

민준이가 어제 어머니한테 또 거짓말했어요.

Min-jun lied to his mother again yesterday.
Future

저는 이제 절대 거짓말 안 할 거예요.

From now on I'll never lie.
Honorific

아버지께서 제 생일 선물 때문에 거짓말하셨어요.

Father told a lie because of my birthday present.
Connectives

한 번 거짓말하면 나중에 더 힘들어요.

Once you lie, it gets harder later.
Requests and commands

저한테 거짓말하지 마세요. 다 알아요.

Don't lie to me. I know everything.

거짓말 is the lie and 하다 the telling: 거짓말 안 해요, I don't lie; 거짓말이에요 is "that's a lie".

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

Beginner Level 2 · 거짓말하지 마. 목소리!

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.