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KOREAN VERB

옮기다

to carry, to move (something)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI carry
NegativeI don’t carry

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI carried
NegativeI didn’t carry

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI carry (respectfully)
PastI carried (respectfully)
FutureI will carry (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 옮기다

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

  1. Present

    지금 책상을 창문 옆으로 옮겨요.

    I'm moving the desk next to the window.

  2. Past

    어제 할머니 방으로 침대를 옮겼어요.

    Yesterday we moved the bed into Grandma's room.

  3. Future

    이 상자들은 내일 차로 옮길 거예요.

    I'll move these boxes by car tomorrow.

  4. Honorific

    어머님께서 화분을 거실로 다 옮기셨어요.

    Mrs. Park moved all the flowerpots into the living room.

  5. Connectives

    소파를 먼저 옮기고 바닥을 청소했어요.

    We moved the sofa first and cleaned the floor.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 이 의자 좀 저쪽으로 옮겨.

    Min-jun, move this chair over there, will you.

Good to know

  • 옮기다 moves a thing to another place, a box or a chair; moving house is 이사하다.

Where you hear 옮기다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 제가 통을 옮겨요. I carry the tubs.
  • 가방을 방으로 옮겼어요. I moved the bags to the room.
  • 내일 배추를 베란다로 옮길 거예요. Tomorrow we'll move the cabbage to the balcony.

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 제가 통을 옮겨요. I carry the tubs.
  • 가방을 방으로 옮겼어요. I moved the bags to the room.
  • 내일 배추를 베란다로 옮길 거예요. Tomorrow we'll move the cabbage to the balcony.

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