KOREAN VERB

사과하다

to apologise

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI apologise
NegativeI don’t apologise

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI apologised
NegativeI didn’t apologise

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI apologise (respectfully)
PastI apologised (respectfully)
FutureI will apologise (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 제가 잘못했으면 바로 사과해요.

If I'm in the wrong, I apologise right away.
Past

약속에 늦어서 김 선생님께 사과했어요.

I apologised to Mr. Kim for being late.
Future

내일 민준 씨한테 직접 사과할 거예요.

I'm going to apologise to Min-jun in person tomorrow.
Honorific

김 선생님이 먼저 저한테 사과하셨어요.

Mr. Kim apologised to me first.
Connectives

먼저 사과하면 친구도 아마 사과할 거예요.

If you apologise first, your friend probably will too.
Requests and commands

지금 수아한테 가서 진심으로 사과하세요.

Go to Su-a now and apologise sincerely.

The person you apologise to takes 한테 or 께: 친구한테 사과했어요. 사과 on its own is also an apple.

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

Intermediate Level 1 · 사과하고 싶어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.