KOREAN VERB

키우다

to raise, to bring up (a child); to keep (an animal, a plant)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI raise
NegativeI don’t raise

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI raised
NegativeI didn’t raise

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI raise (respectfully)
PastI raised (respectfully)
FutureI will raise (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 베란다에서 고추와 상추를 키워요.

I grow chillies and lettuce on the balcony.
Past

수아는 혼자서 강아지 세 마리를 키웠어요.

Su-a raised three puppies by herself.
Future

결혼하면 아이는 둘 정도 키울 거예요.

When we marry, we'll raise about two children.
Honorific

할머니가 저를 일곱 살까지 키우셨어요.

Grandma raised me until I was seven.
Connectives

개를 키우면 아침마다 산책을 나가야 해요.

If you keep a dog, you have to go for a walk every morning.
Requests and commands

물 너무 자주 주지 말고 천천히 키우세요.

Don't water it too often, grow it slowly.

키우다 is to raise anything that grows: a child, a dog, a plant, even a business. 기르다 is its close twin.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 키우던 닭이 낳은 달걀 하나.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.