KOREAN VERB

구하다

to save, to seek

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI save
NegativeI don’t save

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI saved
NegativeI didn’t save

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI save (respectfully)
PastI saved (respectfully)
FutureI will save (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

요즘 서울에서 작은 방을 구해요.

I'm looking for a small room in Seoul these days.
Past

소방관이 아이를 불 속에서 구했어요.

A firefighter rescued the child from the fire.
Future

졸업하면 바로 일을 구할 거예요.

After graduating I'll look for a job right away.
Honorific

할머니가 길에서 다친 고양이를 구하셨어요.

Grandma rescued an injured cat from the street.
Connectives

집을 구하면 제일 먼저 연락할게요.

Once I find a place, you'll be the first I contact.
Requests and commands

너무 급하게 집을 구하지 마세요.

Don't rush into finding a place.

구하다 is to save a life (사람을 구하다) and also to look for and get something: 일을 구하다, 집을 구하다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.