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KOREAN VERB

펴다

to spread, to unfold

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI spread
NegativeI don’t spread

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI spread
NegativeI didn’t spread

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI spread (respectfully)
PastI spread (respectfully)
FutureI will spread (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 펴다

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

  1. Present

    수업이 시작되면 학생들이 책을 펴요.

    When class starts, the students open their books.

  2. Past

    갑자기 비가 와서 우산을 폈어요.

    It suddenly started raining, so I opened my umbrella.

  3. Future

    바닷가에서 큰 돗자리를 펼 거예요.

    We'll spread out a big mat on the beach.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 아침마다 식탁에서 신문을 펴세요.

    Grandpa opens the newspaper at the table every morning.

  5. Connectives

    지도를 펴서 길을 찾아봤어요.

    I unfolded the map and looked for the way.

  6. Requests and commands

    교과서 삼십 페이지를 다 같이 펴세요.

    Everyone, open your textbook to page thirty.

Good to know

  • 책을 펴다 is to open a book and 우산을 펴다 to open an umbrella; 피다, to bloom, sounds almost the same.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.