KOREAN VERB

낳다

to give birth to, to have (a child)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI give birth to
NegativeI don’t give birth to

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI gave birth to
NegativeI didn’t give birth to

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will give birth to
NegativeI won’t give birth to

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI give birth to (respectfully)
PastI gave birth to (respectfully)
FutureI will give birth to (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

우리 집 닭은 매일 달걀을 낳아요.

Our hen lays an egg every day.
Past

언니가 지난주에 둘째 딸을 낳았어요.

My sister had her second daughter last week.
Future

수아 씨는 다음 달에 아기를 낳을 거예요.

Su-a is having her baby next month.
Honorific

할머니는 스무 살에 첫아들을 낳으셨어요.

Grandma had her first son at twenty.
Connectives

아이를 낳고 일 년 동안 쉬었어요.

After having the baby I rested for a year.
Requests and commands

수아 씨, 힘내시고 건강한 아기 낳으세요!

Su-a, stay strong and have a healthy baby!

The ㅎ of 낳다 is silent, 낳아요 sounds like 나아요, and a hen also 낳다 an egg; 태어나다 is to be born.

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

Advanced Level 1 · 아이 많이 낳아라.

Fluency Level 2 · 예쁜 송편을 빚으면 예쁜 딸을 낳는다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.