KOREAN VERB

일하다

to work

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI work
NegativeI don’t work

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI worked
NegativeI didn’t work

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI work (respectfully)
PastI worked (respectfully)
FutureI will work (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 강남에 있는 작은 회사에서 일해요.

I work at a small company in Gangnam.
Past

지난주에는 토요일에도 하루 종일 일했어요.

Last week I worked all day on Saturday too.
Future

민준 씨는 내년부터 집에서 일할 거예요.

Min-jun will work from home from next year.
Honorific

김 부장님은 아직도 사무실에서 일하세요?

Is Mr. Kim still working in the office?
Connectives

낮에는 일하고 저녁에는 한국어를 배워요.

I work in the day and learn Korean in the evening.
Requests and commands

너무 늦게까지 일하지 마세요, 건강이 먼저예요.

Don't work too late, health comes first.