KOREAN VERB

올라가다

to go up, to climb up

Conjugation

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

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

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

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

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

저는 매일 사 층까지 계단으로 올라가요.

I go up to the fourth floor by the stairs every day.
Past

지난 주말에 친구들하고 북한산에 올라갔어요.

Last weekend I climbed Bukhansan with friends.
Future

짐이 많으니까 저는 엘리베이터로 올라갈 거예요.

I have a lot of bags, so I'll take the lift up.
Honorific

할머니는 벌써 이 층 방에 올라가셨어요.

Grandma has already gone up to her room upstairs.
Connectives

옥상에 올라가면 한강이 다 보여요.

If you go up to the roof, you can see the whole Han River.
Requests and commands

삼 층으로 올라가세요. 사무실은 거기 있어요.

Go up to the third floor. The office is there.

올라가다 goes up away from the speaker; 올라오다 comes up towards them. 서울에 올라가다 is going up to Seoul.

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

Intermediate Level 1 · 왕 위에 올라갈 뻔했어.

Intermediate Level 1 · 어제 올라갔는데 안개였더라고요. · 올라가니까 바다가 보이더라고.

Fluency Level 2 · 이웃도 올라가서 노래했어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.