KOREAN VERB

믿다

to believe, to trust

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI believe
NegativeI don’t believe

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI believed
NegativeI didn’t believe

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI believe (respectfully)
PastI believed (respectfully)
FutureI will believe (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

저는 친구 말을 항상 믿어요.

I always believe what my friend says.
Past

그 뉴스를 처음에는 아무도 안 믿었어요.

At first nobody believed that news.
Future

이번에는 수아 말을 믿을 거예요.

This time I'm going to trust what Su-a says.
Honorific

할머니는 제 말을 언제나 믿으세요.

Grandma always believes what I say.
Connectives

수아를 믿고 맡겼는데 결과가 좋았어요.

I trusted Su-a with it, and the result was good.
Requests and commands

걱정 말고 그냥 저를 믿으세요.

Don't worry, just trust me.

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

Advanced Level 3 · 하마터면 믿을 뻔했어.

Fluency Level 2 · 믿는 도끼에 발등 찍힌다. 이웃 얘기죠.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.