KOREAN VERB

적다

to write down, to note

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI write down
NegativeI don’t write down

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI wrote down
NegativeI didn’t write down

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will write down
NegativeI won’t write down

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI write down (respectfully)
PastI wrote down (respectfully)
FutureI will write down (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 중요한 말은 꼭 수첩에 적어요.

I always write important things down in my notebook.
Past

급해서 선생님 전화번호를 손등에 적었어요.

I was in a hurry, so I wrote the teacher's number on the back of my hand.
Future

회의 내용은 제가 적을 거예요.

I'll write down what's said at the meeting.
Honorific

할머니는 요리법을 다 공책에 적으세요.

Grandma writes all her recipes in a notebook.
Connectives

주소를 적어서 택시 기사님께 보여 드렸어요.

I wrote down the address and showed it to the taxi driver.
Requests and commands

여기에 이름과 연락처를 정확히 적으세요.

Write your name and contact details here, exactly.

The same 적다 is also "to be few" (사람이 적어요, there are few people): the verb writes, the adjective counts.

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

Advanced Level 1 · 이름하고 금액을 다 적어요.

Advanced Level 1 · 건물이 오래될수록 보증금이 적어.

Advanced Level 3 · 오늘 예방 접종은 수첩에 적어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.