KOREAN VERB

맹세하다

to vow, to swear

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI vow
NegativeI don’t vow

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI vowed
NegativeI didn’t vow

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI vow (respectfully)
PastI vowed (respectfully)
FutureI will vow (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

제 명예를 걸고 맹세해요, 저는 아니에요.

I swear on my honour, it wasn't me.
Past

민준이는 다시는 술을 안 마시겠다고 맹세했어요.

Min-jun swore he'd never drink again.
Future

결혼식에서 평생 함께하겠다고 맹세할 거예요.

At the wedding we'll vow to be together for life.
Honorific

할아버지는 할머니께 평생 사랑을 맹세하셨대요.

They say Grandpa vowed lifelong love to Grandma.
Connectives

비밀을 지키겠다고 맹세하고 서류에 서명했어요.

I swore to keep the secret and signed the papers.
Requests and commands

엄마 앞에서 거짓말 안 하겠다고 맹세해.

Swear in front of Mom that you won't lie.

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

Advanced Level 1 · 네, 맹세합니다. · 신부도 같은 것을 맹세합니까? · 네, 저도 맹세합니다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.