KOREAN VERB

정하다

to decide, to fix (a day, a place)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI decide
NegativeI don’t decide

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI decided
NegativeI didn’t decide

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI decide (respectfully)
PastI decided (respectfully)
FutureI will decide (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

모임 장소는 보통 지영 씨가 정해요.

Ji-yeong usually picks the place for our get-togethers.
Past

어제 여행 날짜를 드디어 정했어요.

Yesterday we finally set the dates for the trip.
Future

이번에는 식당을 제가 정할 거예요.

This time I'll decide on the restaurant.
Honorific

이번 회의 시간은 부장님이 정하셨어요.

The manager set the time of this meeting.
Connectives

시간을 정하면 저한테 알려 주세요.

Once you fix a time, let me know.
Requests and commands

둘 중에 하나만 빨리 정하세요.

Quickly pick just one of the two.