KOREAN VERB

전화드리다

to phone, to call (humble, someone respected)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI phone
NegativeI don’t phone

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI phoned
NegativeI didn’t phone

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI phone (respectfully)
PastI phoned (respectfully)
FutureI will phone (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 일요일 저녁마다 부모님께 전화드려요.

Every Sunday evening I call my parents.
Past

어제 저녁에 할머니께 안부 전화드렸어요.

Yesterday evening I called Grandma to see how she was.
Future

자료 확인하고 내일 오전에 전화드릴 거예요.

I'll check the material and call you tomorrow morning.
Honorific

어머니는 매일 아침 할머니께 전화드리세요.

Mum calls Grandma every morning.
Connectives

전화드려서 약속 시간을 바꿔도 되는지 여쭤봤어요.

I called and asked whether we could change the appointment time.
Requests and commands

서울에 도착하면 할머니께 꼭 전화드리세요.

When you arrive in Seoul, be sure to call Grandma.

전화드리다 is the humble 전화하다, said about calling someone you respect, who takes 께: 할머니께 전화드릴게요. The 안 goes between: 전화 안 드렸어요.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 매주 전화드릴 테니까 속담 하나씩요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.