KOREAN VERB

주무시다

to sleep, the respectful form (to someone older)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI sleep
NegativeI don’t sleep

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI slept
NegativeI didn’t sleep

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI sleep (respectfully)
PastI slept (respectfully)
FutureI will sleep (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

할머니께서는 지금 안방에서 조용히 주무세요.

Grandma is sleeping quietly in the main room right now.
Past

아버지께서는 어제 밤에 늦게 주무셨어요.

Father went to bed late last night.
Future

할머니께서는 피곤하셔서 오늘 일찍 주무실 거예요.

Grandma is tired, so she'll go to bed early today.
Honorific

어머님, 어제 밤에 안녕히 주무셨어요?

Mrs. Park, did you sleep well last night?
Connectives

할머니께서 주무시니까 우리 조용히 말해요.

Grandma's sleeping, so let's speak quietly.
Requests and commands

할머니, 안녕히 주무세요. 내일 봬요.

Good night, Grandma. See you tomorrow.