KOREAN VERB

지우다

to erase, to cross out, to delete

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI erase
NegativeI don’t erase

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI erased
NegativeI didn’t erase

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI erase (respectfully)
PastI erased (respectfully)
FutureI will erase (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 오래된 사진을 자주 지워요.

I often delete old photos.
Past

실수로 중요한 메시지를 다 지웠어요.

I deleted all the important messages by mistake.
Future

수업이 끝나면 제가 칠판을 지울 거예요.

When class ends I'll erase the board.
Honorific

선생님이 칠판 글씨를 벌써 지우셨어요.

The teacher has already erased the writing on the board.
Connectives

틀린 글자를 지우고 다시 썼어요.

I erased the wrong letter and wrote it again.
Requests and commands

이 사진은 지우지 마세요, 제 거예요.

Don't delete this photo, it's mine.

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

Advanced Level 2 · 하루 일 퍼센트? 지워 버려.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.