KOREAN VERB

놀다

to play, to hang out, to have fun

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI play
NegativeI don’t play

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI played
NegativeI didn’t play

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI play (respectfully)
PastI played (respectfully)
FutureI will play (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

주말에는 아이들이 공원에서 하루 종일 놀아요.

At the weekend the children play in the park all day.
Past

지난 주말에 친구들하고 홍대에서 놀았어요.

Last weekend I hung out with friends in Hongdae.
Future

시험 끝나면 하루 종일 놀 거예요.

When the exams are over, I'll have fun all day.
Honorific

할머니는 매일 공원에서 친구분들하고 노세요.

Grandma hangs out with her friends in the park every day.
Connectives

주말에 놀고 월요일에 다시 일해요.

We have fun at the weekend and work again on Monday.
Requests and commands

수아야, 이제 밖에 나가서 놀아.

Su-a, go outside and play now.

놀다 is also to hang out, and 놀러 가다 is to go somewhere for fun: 놀러 오세요 is "come over".

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

Intermediate Level 1 · 옛날에 왕자가 여기서 놀았어.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.