KOREAN VERB

새기다

to engrave; to keep (words) in one's heart

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI engrave
NegativeI don’t engrave

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI engraved
NegativeI didn’t engrave

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI engrave (respectfully)
PastI engraved (respectfully)
FutureI will engrave (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

선생님 말씀을 늘 마음에 새겨요.

I always take the teacher's words to heart.
Past

반지 안쪽에 우리 결혼 날짜를 새겼어요.

We engraved our wedding date inside the rings.
Future

오늘 들은 조언은 꼭 마음에 새길 거예요.

I'll be sure to keep today's advice in my heart.
Honorific

할아버지는 아버지 말씀을 평생 마음에 새기셨어요.

Grandpa kept his father's words in his heart all his life.
Connectives

시계 뒤에 이름을 새기면 더 특별해요.

If you engrave a name on the back of the watch, it's more special.
Requests and commands

오늘의 실수를 잊지 말고 마음에 새기세요.

Don't forget today's mistake, take it to heart.

마음에 새기다 is to take words to heart; 반지에 이름을 새기다 is to have a name engraved on a ring.

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

Intermediate Level 3 · 마음에 새길게요, 할머니.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.