KOREAN VERB

이야기하다

to talk, to tell a story

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI talk
NegativeI don’t talk

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI talked
NegativeI didn’t talk

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI talk (respectfully)
PastI talked (respectfully)
FutureI will talk (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 저녁 엄마하고 전화로 이야기해요.

I talk with my mom on the phone every evening.
Past

어제 민준 씨하고 세 시간이나 이야기했어요.

Yesterday I talked with Min-jun for three whole hours.
Future

내일 사장님하고 월급에 대해 이야기할 거예요.

Tomorrow I'll talk with the boss about my pay.
Honorific

할머니는 전쟁 때 일을 자주 이야기하세요.

Grandma often talks about the war years.
Connectives

친구하고 이야기하고 나면 기분이 좋아져요.

After I talk with a friend, I feel better.
Requests and commands

천천히 이야기하세요, 제가 다 들을게요.

Talk slowly, I'll listen to all of it.

In speech 이야기하다 is often shortened to 얘기하다; the person you talk with takes 하고 or 와/과.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.