KOREAN VERB

골다

to snore (with the word for nose in front)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI snore
NegativeI don’t snore

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI snored
NegativeI didn’t snore

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI snore (respectfully)
PastI snored (respectfully)
FutureI will snore (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

남편이 밤마다 코를 심하게 골아요.

My husband snores badly every night.
Past

어젯밤 기차에서 옆 사람이 코를 골았어요.

On the train last night the person next to me snored.
Future

피곤하니까 오늘 밤엔 코를 골 거예요.

I'm tired, so I'll snore tonight.
Honorific

할아버지는 낮잠 주무실 때도 코를 고세요.

Grandpa snores even during his afternoon nap.
Connectives

룸메이트가 코를 골아서 잠을 못 잤어요.

My roommate snored, so I couldn't sleep.
Requests and commands

제발 오늘은 코 좀 골지 마.

Please, don't snore tonight.

Always 코를 골다, "to snore the nose"; 골다 alone means nothing. Before ㅂ, ㅅ and ㄴ the ㄹ drops: 곱니다, 고세요, 고니까.

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

Fluency Level 1 · 호진이는 코 골아. 엄청 크게.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.