KOREAN VERB

일어나다

to get up

Conjugation

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

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

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI got up
NegativeI didn’t get up

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI get up (respectfully)
PastI got up (respectfully)
FutureI will get 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

저는 매일 여섯 시 반에 일어나요.

I get up at six thirty every day.
Past

일요일이라서 오늘은 열 시에 일어났어요.

It's Sunday, so today I got up at ten.
Future

내일은 다섯 시에 일어날 거예요.

Tomorrow I'll get up at five.
Honorific

할머니께서는 매일 새벽 다섯 시에 일어나세요.

Grandma gets up at five every morning.
Connectives

아침에 일어나서 제일 먼저 물을 마셔요.

When I get up in the morning, the first thing I do is drink water.
Requests and commands

민준아, 벌써 여덟 시니까 빨리 일어나!

Min-jun, it's already eight, so get up quickly!