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KOREAN VERB

목욕하다

to take a bath

  • #215 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take a bath
NegativeI don’t take a bath

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took a bath
NegativeI didn’t take a bath

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will take a bath
NegativeI won’t take a bath

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take a bath (respectfully)
PastI took a bath (respectfully)
FutureI will take a bath (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 목욕하다

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

  1. Present

    주말에는 집에서 느긋하게 오래 목욕해요.

    On weekends I take a long, leisurely bath at home.

  2. Past

    어젯밤에 따뜻한 물로 오래 목욕했어요.

    Last night I took a long bath in warm water.

  3. Future

    온천에 가면 하루 종일 목욕할 거예요.

    If we go to the hot spring, I'll bathe all day.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 매주 토요일에 목욕탕에서 목욕하세요.

    Grandma takes a bath at the bathhouse every Saturday.

  5. Connectives

    따뜻한 물에 목욕하면 피로가 싹 풀려요.

    If you take a warm bath, the tiredness melts right away.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 놀이터에서 놀고 왔으니까 목욕해.

    Min-jun, you've been playing at the playground, so take a bath.

Good to know

  • 목욕탕 is the public bathhouse; 목욕시키다 is to bathe someone else, a child or a dog.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.