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KOREAN VERB

재우다

to put to sleep

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI put to sleep
NegativeI don’t put to sleep

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI put to sleep
NegativeI didn’t put to sleep

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will put to sleep
NegativeI won’t put to sleep

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI put to sleep (respectfully)
PastI put to sleep (respectfully)
FutureI will put to sleep (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) putting to sleep, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) putting to sleep, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I put to sleep
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I put to sleep
  5. But (-지만) I put to sleep, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please put to sleep
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please put to sleep (formal)
  3. Plain command put to sleep! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t put to sleep

How to use 재우다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    저는 매일 밤 아홉 시에 아이를 재워요.

    I put my child to bed at nine every night.

  2. Past

    어젯밤에는 남편이 혼자 아기를 재웠어요.

    Last night my husband put the baby to sleep by himself.

  3. Future

    제가 애들을 재울 거예요, 먼저 쉬세요.

    I'll put the kids to bed, you rest first.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 노래를 부르면서 동생을 재우셨어요.

    Grandma sang while she put my little brother to sleep.

  5. Connectives

    아기를 재우고 나서 드라마를 봐요.

    After I put the baby to sleep, I watch a drama.

  6. Requests and commands

    오늘은 열 시 전에 아이들을 재우세요.

    Today, put the kids to bed before ten.

Good to know

  • The causative of 자다: 아기를 재우다 is to put the baby to sleep; 잠을 재우다 says the same.

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