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KOREAN VERB

나가다

to go out

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI go out
NegativeI don’t go out

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI went out
NegativeI didn’t go out

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will go out
NegativeI won’t go out

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI go out (respectfully)
PastI went out (respectfully)
FutureI will go out (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 나가다

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

  1. Present

    저는 매일 아침 일곱 시 반에 집에서 나가요.

    I leave the house at seven thirty every morning.

  2. Past

    민준이는 아까 친구 만나러 나갔어요.

    Min-jun went out a while ago to meet a friend.

  3. Future

    비가 그치면 산책하러 나갈 거예요.

    When the rain stops, I'll go out for a walk.

  4. Honorific

    어머님께서는 아침 일찍 시장에 나가셨어요.

    Mrs. Park went out to the market early this morning.

  5. Connectives

    밖에 나가니까 바람이 많이 불었어요.

    When I went out, it was really windy.

  6. Requests and commands

    수아야, 아침은 꼭 먹고 나가.

    Su-a, be sure to eat breakfast before you go out.

Good to know

  • 나가다 is out and away from where you are, 나오다 out towards you; 다녀오겠습니다 is what you say as you leave home.

Where you hear 나가다

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Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 형, 지금 나가? Eli, are you going out now?
  • 아침에 일찍 나갔어요. I went out early in the morning.
  • 내일 같이 나갈 거예요. Tomorrow we'll go out together.

Korean · Intermediate Level 3

  • 형, 지금 나가? Eli, are you going out now?
  • 아침에 일찍 나갔어요. I went out early in the morning.
  • 내일 같이 나갈 거예요. Tomorrow we'll go out together.
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The first snow

Beginner Level 2 · 나가자. · 같이 나가자.

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Back on his feet

Beginner Level 2 · 나가지 마. · 일라이, 오늘 나가지 마.

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A minute of your time

Intermediate Level 3 · 일요일 점심 후에. 민준이는 나가.

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The lease

Advanced Level 1 · 임대인은 나가는 날 보증금을 돌려줘요.

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Let's count

Advanced Level 2 · 월급 반은 월세로 나가잖아.

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