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KOREAN VERB

결혼하다

to marry, to get married

  • #233 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI marry
NegativeI don’t marry

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI married
NegativeI didn’t marry

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI marry (respectfully)
PastI married (respectfully)
FutureI will marry (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 결혼하다

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

  1. Present

    제 친구는 다음 달에 결혼해요.

    My friend is getting married next month.

  2. Past

    제 언니는 작년 봄에 결혼했어요.

    My older sister got married last spring.

  3. Future

    저희는 내년 가을에 결혼할 거예요.

    We're going to get married next autumn.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 스무 살에 할아버지하고 결혼하셨어요.

    Grandma married Grandpa at twenty.

  5. Connectives

    저희는 결혼하고 바로 서울로 이사했어요.

    We got married and moved to Seoul right away.

  6. Requests and commands

    너무 급하게 결혼하지 마세요. 천천히 생각하세요.

    Don't get married in a hurry. Take your time to think.

Good to know

  • The person you marry takes 하고 or 와/과: 민준 씨하고 결혼했어요.

Where you hear 결혼하다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 제 친구가 다음 달에 결혼해요. My friend is getting married next month.
  • 나는 열아홉에 결혼했어. I married at nineteen.
  • 언젠가 결혼할 거예요. One day I'll get married.

Korean · Intermediate Level 3

  • 제 친구가 다음 달에 결혼해요. My friend is getting married next month.
  • 나는 열아홉에 결혼했어. I married at nineteen.
  • 언젠가 결혼할 거예요. One day I'll get married.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.