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KOREAN VERB

찍다

to film, to take (a photo)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI film
NegativeI don’t film

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI filmed
NegativeI didn’t film

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI film (respectfully)
PastI filmed (respectfully)
FutureI will film (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 찍다

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

  1. Present

    수아는 매일 음식 사진을 찍어요.

    Su-a takes photos of her food every day.

  2. Past

    오늘 한강에서 사진을 많이 찍었어요.

    Today I took lots of photos at the Han River.

  3. Future

    졸업식 날에 다 같이 가족사진을 찍을 거예요.

    On graduation day we'll all take a family photo.

  4. Honorific

    어머님, 이 사진은 어디에서 찍으셨어요?

    Mrs. Park, where did you take this photo?

  5. Connectives

    사진을 찍고 바로 할머니께 보냈어요.

    I took the photo and sent it straight to Grandma.

  6. Requests and commands

    여기 박물관 안에서는 사진을 찍지 마세요.

    Don't take photos here inside the museum.

Good to know

  • 사진을 찍다 is to take a photo and 영상을 찍다 to film; 찍다 is also to stamp or to dip (소스에 찍어요).

Where you hear 찍다

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Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 저는 사진을 많이 찍어요. I take a lot of photos.
  • 어제 영상을 찍었어요. Yesterday I filmed a video.
  • 내일 한강에서 사진을 찍을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll take photos by the Han river.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 저는 사진을 많이 찍어요. I take a lot of photos.
  • 어제 영상을 찍었어요. Yesterday I filmed a video.
  • 내일 한강에서 사진을 찍을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll take photos by the Han river.
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Telling the family

Beginner Level 2 · 있었어요! 누나가 찍었어요.

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The old-houses quarter

Beginner Level 2 · 사진 찍자! 자, 김치!

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The frozen river

Beginner Level 2 · 사진 찍을까요?

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The blossoms

Beginner Level 3 · 두 분 사진 찍어 드릴까요?

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As long as it fits

Intermediate Level 2 · 민준이가 찍을 거예요. 제 아들이니까요.

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The photograph

Intermediate Level 2 · 웃었으면 다시 찍었을 거예요.

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The lease

Advanced Level 1 · 장마다 도장을 찍어요. 일라이는 서명이요.

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Setting the hundred-day table

Advanced Level 3 · 사진 찍으려면 예약해야 해요.

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Ojukheon with Grandma

Advanced Level 3 · 사진 한 장 찍을 만해요.

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Fillers and the English that isn't

Fluency Level 1 · 셀카 한 장 찍자.

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Min-jun's camera

Fluency Level 1 · 다음 주 월요일부터 찍을 거야.

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The rough cut

Fluency Level 2 · 김치만 찍는다더니 내 얼굴만 십 분이네.

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