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KOREAN VERB

만들다

to make

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI make
NegativeI don’t make

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI made
NegativeI didn’t make

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI make (respectfully)
PastI made (respectfully)
FutureI will make (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 만들다

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

  1. Present

    주말에는 어머님이 집에서 김치찌개를 만들어요.

    On weekends Mother makes kimchi stew at home.

  2. Past

    어제 은행에서 새 통장을 만들었어요.

    Yesterday I opened a new bank account.

  3. Future

    설날에 할머니하고 떡국을 만들 거예요.

    On New Year's Day I'll make rice-cake soup with Grandma.

  4. Honorific

    할머니께서 아침에 직접 만두를 만드셨어요.

    Grandma made the dumplings herself this morning.

  5. Connectives

    공원에서 눈사람을 만들고 사진을 찍었어요.

    We made a snowman in the park and took a photo.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 우리 같이 눈사람 만들어!

    Min-jun, let's make a snowman together!

Good to know

  • 만들다 drops its ㄹ before ㅅ and ㄴ: 만드세요, 만드니까.

Where you hear 만들다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 저는 매일 김치를 만들어요. I make kimchi every day.
  • 어제 은행에서 통장을 만들었어요. Yesterday I opened an account at the bank.
  • 내일 떡국을 만들 거예요. Tomorrow I'll make rice-cake soup.

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 저는 매일 김치를 만들어요. I make kimchi every day.
  • 어제 은행에서 통장을 만들었어요. Yesterday I opened an account at the bank.
  • 내일 떡국을 만들 거예요. Tomorrow I'll make rice-cake soup.
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The bank

Beginner Level 2 · 만들고 싶어요. · 안녕하세요. 통장 만들고 싶어요.

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The first snow

Beginner Level 2 · 눈사람 만들자.

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Rice-cake soup

Beginner Level 2 · 국물은 누가 만들어요? · 할머니가 만들고 우리는 썰어요.

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Half-moon rice cakes

Intermediate Level 1 · 만들곤 했어 · 가을마다 밤새 만들곤 했어. · 예쁘게 만들어. 딸이 예뻐.

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Mrs. Jeong drops in

Intermediate Level 1 · 일 년 후에 김치도 만들어요.

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Two weeks of waiting

Intermediate Level 2 · 좋아. 막내라서 커피는 내가 만들어.

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What do Americans eat?

Intermediate Level 3 · 엄마가 김치 만드시냐고 물어봤어요.

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Half-moon rice cakes

Intermediate Level 3 · 할머니께서 만드셨어. 예쁘지? · 육십 년 동안 만드셨어요. · 집에서도 만드실 거예요.

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The farewell

Advanced Level 1 · 학생들이 책을 만들었어요.

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The stall at Mangwon market

Advanced Level 3 · 무김치 어떻게 만드냐고요.

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Soft tofu for ten

Advanced Level 3 · 여기 두부는 바닷물로 만들어요.

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A coffee on Anmok beach

Advanced Level 3 · 빵은 옆집 빵집에서 만들어요.

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