KOREAN VERB

깎다

to knock down (a price), to bargain; to cut, to peel

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI knock down
NegativeI don’t knock down

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI knocked down
NegativeI didn’t knock down

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will knock down
NegativeI won’t knock down

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI knock down (respectfully)
PastI knocked down (respectfully)
FutureI will knock down (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

그 가게 주인은 값을 잘 안 깎아요.

That shop owner doesn't knock prices down much.
Past

어제 시장에서 가방 값을 만 원 깎았어요.

Yesterday at the market I got ten thousand won off a bag.
Future

현금으로 내면 아저씨가 조금 깎을 거예요.

If you pay cash, the man will take a bit off.
Honorific

사장님이 값을 오천 원 깎으셨어요.

The owner knocked five thousand won off the price.
Connectives

사과를 깎아서 아이들 접시에 놓았어요.

I peeled the apples and put them on the children's plates.
Requests and commands

백화점에서는 물건 값을 깎지 마세요.

Don't haggle over prices at a department store.

깎아 주세요 is the bargaining line, knock a bit off; 사과를 깎다 peels an apple and 머리를 깎다 is a haircut.

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

Advanced Level 2 · 포함이에요. 시장 아줌마처럼 깎네요.

Fluency Level 1 · 페이 깎지 마세요, 사장님.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.