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KOREAN VERB

오다

to come

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI come
NegativeI don’t come

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI came
NegativeI didn’t come

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI come (respectfully)
PastI came (respectfully)
FutureI will come (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 오다

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

  1. Present

    지영 씨는 매일 아침 아홉 시에 회사에 와요.

    Ji-yeong comes to the office at nine every morning.

  2. Past

    어젯밤에 비가 정말 많이 왔어요.

    It rained a lot last night.

  3. Future

    민준 씨가 내일 우리 집에 올 거예요.

    Min-jun will come to our house tomorrow.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 어제 시골에서 서울에 오셨어요.

    Grandma came from the countryside to Seoul yesterday.

  5. Connectives

    집에 오면 손을 먼저 씻어요.

    When I come home, I wash my hands first.

  6. Requests and commands

    저녁 일곱 시까지 식당으로 오세요.

    Come to the restaurant by seven in the evening.

Good to know

  • 비가 와요 is "it's raining" and 눈이 와요 "it's snowing": rain and snow "come".

Where you hear 오다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 민준이는 자주 와요. Min-jun comes often.
  • 어제 서울에 왔어요. I came to Seoul yesterday.
  • 내일 학교에 올 거예요. I'll come to the school tomorrow.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 민준이는 자주 와요. Min-jun comes often.
  • 어제 서울에 왔어요. I came to Seoul yesterday.
  • 내일 학교에 올 거예요. I'll come to the school tomorrow.
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The room near Hongdae

Beginner Level 1 · 어서 오세요. 여기 방이에요.

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Where Eli is from

Beginner Level 1 · 일라이 씨, 어디에서 왔어요? · 미국에서 왔어요. · 미국에서 왔어요. 미니애폴리스요.

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Min-jun at the door

Beginner Level 1 · 민준 씨! 어서 오세요.

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The first day at school

Beginner Level 1 · 미국에서 왔습니다. 잘 부탁드립니다.

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A kimbap shop

Beginner Level 1 · 어서 오세요. 몇 분이세요?

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Mrs. Park's kimchi stall

Beginner Level 1 · 어서 와요, 일라이 씨! 앉으세요.

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Sunday dinner with Grandma

Beginner Level 1 · 어서 와, 앉아. 몇 살이야?

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Till the end of November

Beginner Level 1 · 네. 십이월부터 다른 학생이 와요.

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Come and live with us

Beginner Level 1 · 그럼 우리 집에 오세요.

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Kimchi-making day: the paste

Beginner Level 2 · 내년에 또 와. 그럼 이틀이야.

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A cold morning

Beginner Level 2 · 응. 겨울이 왔어.

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The first snow

Beginner Level 2 · 안녕하세요. 눈이 많이 왔어요.

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