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KOREAN VERB

깨우다

to wake someone up

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI wake someone up
NegativeI don’t wake someone up

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI woke someone up
NegativeI didn’t wake someone up

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will wake someone up
NegativeI won’t wake someone up

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI wake someone up (respectfully)
PastI woke someone up (respectfully)
FutureI will wake someone up (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 깨우다

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

  1. Present

    아침마다 엄마가 일곱 시에 저를 깨워요.

    Every morning Mom wakes me up at seven.

  2. Past

    알람이 안 울려서 동생이 깨웠어요.

    The alarm didn't go off, so my brother woke me.

  3. Future

    내일은 제가 여섯 시에 깨울 거예요.

    Tomorrow I'll wake you at six.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 매일 새벽에 저를 깨우세요.

    Grandma wakes me up at dawn every day.

  5. Connectives

    일곱 시에 아이들을 깨우고 아침을 준비했어요.

    I woke the kids at seven and made breakfast.

  6. Requests and commands

    너무 피곤하니까 내일 아침에 깨우지 마세요.

    I'm so tired, so don't wake me tomorrow morning.

Good to know

  • 깨우다 is to wake someone else; to wake up yourself is 깨다, and to get up is 일어나다.

Where you hear 깨우다

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Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 아침마다 나를 깨워요. You wake me every morning.
  • 다섯 시에 수아 씨를 깨웠어요. I woke Su-a at five.
  • 휴게소에서 깨울게요. I'll wake you at the rest stop.

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 아침마다 나를 깨워요. You wake me every morning.
  • 다섯 시에 수아 씨를 깨웠어요. I woke Su-a at five.
  • 휴게소에서 깨울게요. I'll wake you at the rest stop.
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The pond at night

Intermediate Level 1 · 그럼 나를 깨워.

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The platform

Advanced Level 3 · 아무도 깨우지 마.

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