KOREAN VERB

인사하다

to greet, to say hello (or goodbye); to bow in greeting

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI greet
NegativeI don’t greet

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI greeted
NegativeI didn’t greet

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI greet (respectfully)
PastI greeted (respectfully)
FutureI will greet (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

아침마다 경비 아저씨께 먼저 인사해요.

Every morning I say hello to the security guard first.
Past

떠나기 전에 동료들에게 한 명씩 인사했어요.

Before leaving I said goodbye to my colleagues one by one.
Future

내일 처음으로 남자 친구 부모님께 인사할 거예요.

Tomorrow I'll meet my boyfriend's parents for the first time.
Honorific

할머니가 이웃분들께 일일이 인사하셨어요.

Grandma greeted each of the neighbours.
Connectives

수아는 저한테 인사하고 바로 자리에 앉았어요.

Su-a said hello to me and sat straight down.
Requests and commands

어른을 만나면 먼저 고개 숙여 인사해.

When you meet an adult, bow and say hello first.

인사 is the greeting, so the person greeted takes 께 or 한테, and 인사드리다 is the humble form for an elder.

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Advanced Level 1 · 양가 부모님께 인사하겠습니다.

Fluency Level 2 · 첫날에 일라이 씨는 개한테도 인사했어요.

Fluency Level 3 · 하은이가 어제 제대로 인사했어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.