KOREAN VERB

자르다

to cut (hair, a scene, a slice)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI cut
NegativeI don’t cut

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI cut
NegativeI didn’t cut

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI cut (respectfully)
PastI cut (respectfully)
FutureI will cut (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 두 달에 한 번 머리를 잘라요.

I get my hair cut once every two months.
Past

감독이 제일 좋은 장면을 잘랐어요.

The director cut the best scene.
Future

케이크는 수아가 오면 자를 거예요.

We'll cut the cake when Su-a arrives.
Honorific

할머니는 머리를 늘 동네 미용실에서 자르세요.

Grandma always gets her hair cut at the neighbourhood salon.
Connectives

파를 잘게 잘라서 국에 넣으세요.

Cut the spring onions finely and put them in the soup.
Requests and commands

옆머리는 너무 짧게 자르지 마세요.

Don't cut the sides too short.

A 르 verb: 잘라요, 잘랐어요. 머리를 자르다 is to get a haircut, even when the hairdresser does it; 자르다 is also to fire someone.

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Fluency Level 2 · 십이 분은 잘라요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.