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KOREAN VERB

지급하다

to pay out, to pay (a sum, in the written style of forms)

  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI pay out
NegativeI don’t pay out

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI paid out
NegativeI didn’t pay out

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will pay out
NegativeI won’t pay out

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI pay out (respectfully)
PastI paid out (respectfully)
FutureI will pay out (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 지급하다

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

  1. Present

    회사는 매달 이십오 일에 월급을 지급해요.

    The company pays salaries on the twenty-fifth of each month.

  2. Past

    보험 회사가 치료비를 전액 지급했어요.

    The insurance company paid the treatment costs in full.

  3. Future

    보너스는 다음 달 월급과 함께 지급할 거예요.

    We'll pay the bonus together with next month's salary.

  4. Honorific

    사장님이 직원들에게 설 상여금을 지급하셨어요.

    The boss paid the staff a Lunar New Year bonus.

  5. Connectives

    월급을 지급하고 나면 통장에 남는 게 없어요.

    Once we've paid the salaries, there's nothing left in the account.

  6. Requests and commands

    수당은 근무 다음 날 지급하십시오.

    Pay allowances the day after the work.

Good to know

  • 지급하다 is the word of payslips, offices and contracts; among friends you simply 내다 or 주다.

Where you hear 지급하다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 1

  • 월급은 이십오 일에 지급해요. The pay is paid on the twenty-fifth.
  • 계약금은 오늘 지급했어요. We paid the contract money today.
  • 잔금은 칠월 일일에 지급할 거예요. The balance will be paid on the first of July.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.