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KOREAN VERB

묻다

to ask (a question)

  • #53 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI ask
NegativeI don’t ask

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI asked
NegativeI didn’t ask

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI ask (respectfully)
PastI asked (respectfully)
FutureI will ask (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 묻다

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

  1. Present

    아이들은 하루에 질문을 백 개씩 물어요.

    Kids ask a hundred questions a day.

  2. Past

    역 앞에서 한 아저씨에게 길을 물었어요.

    I asked a man in front of the station the way.

  3. Future

    내일 회사 담당자에게 직접 물을 거예요.

    Tomorrow I'll ask the person in charge at the company directly.

  4. Honorific

    할머니께서 제 이름을 세 번이나 물으셨어요.

    Grandma asked my name three times.

  5. Connectives

    가격을 물으니까 주인이 웃기만 했어요.

    When I asked the price, the owner just laughed.

  6. Requests and commands

    모르는 게 있으면 언제든지 물으세요.

    If there's anything you don't know, ask any time.

Good to know

  • People mostly say 물어보다, ask and see: 물어볼게요. The other 묻다, to bury or to get stained, is regular: 묻어요.

Where you hear 묻다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 엄마가 매주 같은 걸 물어요. Mom asks the same thing every week.
  • 아빠가 날짜를 물었어요. Dad asked about the date.
  • 내일 교감 선생님께 물을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll ask the vice-principal.

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 엄마가 매주 같은 걸 물어요. Mom asks the same thing every week.
  • 아빠가 날짜를 물었어요. Dad asked about the date.
  • 내일 교감 선생님께 물을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll ask the vice-principal.
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The call home

Intermediate Level 2 · 엄마가 물어. 정말 삼 년째야? · 아빠가 물어. 내가 번역해?

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Tae-ho's birthday

Fluency Level 1 · 서른일곱이야. 묻지 마.

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