Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI continue | |||
| NegativeI don’t continue |
Conjugation
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Past
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI continued | |||
| NegativeI didn’t continue |
Future
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will continue | |||
| NegativeI won’t continue |
Honorific
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI continue (respectfully) | ||
| PastI continued (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will continue (respectfully) |
Connectives
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
- And (-고) continuing, and…, and…
- So, and then (-아/어서) continuing, and…, so…
- If, when (-(으)면) if I continue
- Because (-(으)니까) because I continue
- But (-지만) I continue, but…
Requests and commands
명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요
- Please (-(으)세요) please continue
- Formal request (-(으)십시오) please continue (formal)
- Plain command continue! (casual)
- Please don’t please don’t continue
How to use 계속하다
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
저는 매일 아침 한국어 공부를 계속해요.
I keep up my Korean study every morning.
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Past
비가 왔지만 선수들은 경기를 계속했어요.
Even though it rained, the players continued the game.
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Future
다음 주에도 이 이야기를 계속할 거예요.
We'll continue this story next week too.
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Honorific
할아버지는 팔십에도 농사를 계속하세요.
Grandpa still keeps up his farming at eighty.
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Connectives
운동을 꾸준히 계속하면 몸이 좋아져요.
If you keep exercising steadily, your body improves.
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Requests and commands
제가 없어도 회의를 그냥 계속하세요.
Continue the meeting even without me.
Good to know
- 계속 on its own is an adverb, "all the time": 계속 비가 와요; 계속하다 is to keep something going.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.