KOREAN VERB

헤어지다

to break up, to part

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI break up
NegativeI don’t break up

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI broke up
NegativeI didn’t break up

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will break up
NegativeI won’t break up

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI break up (respectfully)
PastI broke up (respectfully)
FutureI will break up (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

우리는 매일 저녁 지하철역에서 헤어져요.

We say goodbye at the subway station every evening.
Past

수아는 지난달에 남자 친구와 헤어졌어요.

Su-a broke up with her boyfriend last month.
Future

저는 그 사람과 절대 안 헤어질 거예요.

I'll never break up with him.
Honorific

할머니는 전쟁 때 가족과 헤어지셨어요.

Grandma was separated from her family during the war.
Connectives

친구들과 헤어지고 집에 혼자 걸어왔어요.

I parted from my friends and walked home alone.
Requests and commands

그 사람하고 그만 헤어져, 너한테 안 맞아.

Just break up with him; he's not right for you.

헤어지다 goes with 와/과 or 하고: 남자 친구와 헤어졌어요; it is also just saying goodbye after meeting, so 헤어질 때 is "when we parted".

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.