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KOREAN VERB

결정하다

to decide

  • #166 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI decide
NegativeI don’t decide

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI decided
NegativeI didn’t decide

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI decide (respectfully)
PastI decided (respectfully)
FutureI will decide (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 결정하다

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

  1. Present

    우리 집에서는 엄마가 메뉴를 결정해요.

    At our house, Mom decides the menu.

  2. Past

    저는 서울에 일 년 더 살기로 결정했어요.

    I decided to live in Seoul one more year.

  3. Future

    이사는 이번 주말까지 결정할 거예요.

    I'll decide about the move by this weekend.

  4. Honorific

    김 사장님이 회의 날짜를 결정하셨어요.

    Mr. Kim decided the meeting date.

  5. Connectives

    먼저 결정하고 나중에 생각하면 안 돼요.

    You shouldn't decide first and think later.

  6. Requests and commands

    그렇게 급하게 혼자 결정하지 마세요.

    Don't decide so hastily on your own.

Good to know

  • 결정 is the noun: 결정을 내리다 is to make a decision, 결정됐어요 is "it's been decided".

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.