KOREAN VERB

짓다

to build (a house, a temple); also to cook rice, to give a name

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI build
NegativeI don’t build

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI built
NegativeI didn’t build

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI build (respectfully)
PastI built (respectfully)
FutureI will build (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

요즘 저 자리에 아파트를 지어요.

These days they're building apartments on that lot.
Past

작년에 시골에 작은 집을 지었어요.

Last year we built a small house in the countryside.
Future

강아지 이름은 수아가 지을 거예요.

Su-a is going to name the puppy.
Honorific

할머니는 아직도 매일 밥을 지으세요.

Grandma still cooks rice every day.
Connectives

저녁에 밥을 짓고 된장찌개를 끓였어요.

In the evening I cooked rice and made soybean stew.
Requests and commands

아기 이름은 서두르지 말고 천천히 지으세요.

Don't rush naming the baby; take your time.