KOREAN VERB

후회하다

to regret

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI regret
NegativeI don’t regret

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI regreted
NegativeI didn’t regret

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI regret (respectfully)
PastI regreted (respectfully)
FutureI will regret (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

저는 그 차를 산 것을 후회해요.

I regret buying that car.
Past

그때 유학을 안 가서 오래 후회했어요.

I regretted for a long time not studying abroad back then.
Future

지금 안 가면 나중에 후회할 거예요.

If you don't go now, you'll regret it later.
Honorific

할아버지는 담배를 피운 것을 후회하세요.

Grandpa regrets having smoked.
Connectives

많이 후회하지만 이제 와서 어쩌겠어요.

I regret it a lot, but what can I do now?
Requests and commands

이미 지난 일은 더 이상 후회하지 마세요.

Don't keep regretting what's already past.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.