KOREAN VERB

모으다

to gather, to collect, to save up (coins, people, stories)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI gather
NegativeI don’t gather

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI gathered
NegativeI didn’t gather

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI gather (respectfully)
PastI gathered (respectfully)
FutureI will gather (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 여행 갈 때마다 동전을 모아요.

Every time I travel, I collect coins.
Past

일 년 동안 유럽 여행 경비를 모았어요.

Over a year I saved up the money for a trip to Europe.
Future

올해는 매달 삼십만 원씩 모을 거예요.

This year I'll save three hundred thousand won a month.
Honorific

할아버지는 평생 오래된 우표를 모으셨어요.

Grandpa collected old stamps all his life.
Connectives

사람들을 모아서 동네 축제를 열었어요.

We gathered people and held a neighbourhood festival.
Requests and commands

적은 돈이라도 매달 꾸준히 모으세요.

Save steadily every month, even a small amount.

A ㅡ verb: 모아요, 모았어요. 돈을 모으다 is to save up, 사람을 모으다 to gather people; 모이다 is for people who gather by themselves.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 티끌 모아 태산.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.