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KOREAN VERB

만지다

to touch

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI touch
NegativeI don’t touch

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI touched
NegativeI didn’t touch

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI touch (respectfully)
PastI touched (respectfully)
FutureI will touch (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 만지다

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

  1. Present

    아기가 제 얼굴을 자꾸 만져요.

    The baby keeps touching my face.

  2. Past

    어제 동물원에서 처음으로 뱀을 만졌어요.

    Yesterday at the zoo I touched a snake for the first time.

  3. Future

    손 씻기 전에는 음식을 안 만질 거예요.

    I won't touch the food before washing my hands.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 손주 얼굴을 자꾸 만지세요.

    Grandma keeps touching her grandchild's face.

  5. Connectives

    화면을 한 번 만지면 불이 켜져요.

    If you touch the screen once, the light comes on.

  6. Requests and commands

    전시품은 절대 손으로 만지지 마세요.

    Please never touch the exhibits with your hands.

Good to know

  • 만지지 마세요 is the sign in every museum; 만지작거리다 is to fiddle with something.

Where you hear 만지다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 하은이는 뭐든지 만져요. Ha-eun touches everything.
  • 아기가 뜨거운 냄비를 만졌어요. The baby touched the hot pot.
  • 내일은 카메라를 만지게 할 거예요. Tomorrow I'll let her touch the camera.

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