KOREAN VERB

까다

to peel, to shell (chestnuts, an egg, garlic)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI peel
NegativeI don’t peel

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI peeled
NegativeI didn’t peel

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI peel (respectfully)
PastI peeled (respectfully)
FutureI will peel (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

저녁마다 식탁에서 귤을 열 개씩 까요.

Every evening I peel ten tangerines at the table.
Past

김장 전날 마늘을 두 접이나 깠어요.

The day before kimjang we peeled two hundred heads of garlic.
Future

삶은 달걀은 식으면 제가 깔 거예요.

I'll shell the boiled eggs once they've cooled.
Honorific

할머니는 밤을 칼로 참 잘 까세요.

Grandma is really good at shelling chestnuts with a knife.
Connectives

귤을 까면 손에서 귤 냄새가 나요.

When you peel a tangerine, your hands smell of it.
Requests and commands

손 씻고 와서 마늘 좀 까.

Wash your hands, then come and peel some garlic.

까다 is to peel or shell with the hands: 귤을 까다, 달걀을 까다, 마늘을 까다. 깎다 is to peel with a knife, an apple or a pear.

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Fluency Level 2 · 밤은 벌써 깠어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.