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KOREAN VERB

나누다

to share out, to divide (food among people, a sum)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI shared out
NegativeI didn’t share out

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI share out (respectfully)
PastI shared out (respectfully)
FutureI will share out (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 나누다

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

  1. Present

    우리는 점심값을 항상 똑같이 나눠요.

    We always split the lunch bill equally.

  2. Past

    어제 만든 떡을 이웃들과 나눴어요.

    I shared the rice cakes I made yesterday with the neighbors.

  3. Future

    생일 케이크는 여섯 조각으로 나눌 거예요.

    I'll cut the birthday cake into six pieces.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 김치를 동네 사람들과 나누셨어요.

    Grandma shared her kimchi with the people in the neighborhood.

  5. Connectives

    피자를 나눠서 다 같이 먹었어요.

    We split the pizza and all ate together.

  6. Requests and commands

    사탕은 동생하고 똑같이 반씩 나누세요.

    Share the sweets half and half with your little brother.

Good to know

  • 나누다 is also for talk: 이야기를 나누다 is to have a conversation.

Where you hear 나누다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 백일 떡은 이웃하고 나눠요. The hundred-day rice cake is shared with the neighbours.
  • 떡을 백 명하고 나눴어요. We shared the rice cake with a hundred people.
  • 사진은 가족들하고 나눌 거예요. I'll share the photos with the family.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.