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KOREAN VERB

사귀다

to go out with, to see someone; to make friends

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI go out with
NegativeI don’t go out with

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI went out with
NegativeI didn’t go out with

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will go out with
NegativeI won’t go out with

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 사귀다

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

  1. Present

    수아 씨는 민준 씨하고 사귀어요.

    Su-a is going out with Min-jun.

  2. Past

    대학교에서 좋은 친구들을 많이 사귀었어요.

    I made a lot of good friends at university.

  3. Future

    한국에서 새 친구를 많이 사귈 거예요.

    I'm going to make lots of new friends in Korea.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 공원에서 친구를 많이 사귀셨어요.

    Grandma made a lot of friends at the park.

  5. Connectives

    두 사람은 일 년 동안 사귀고 결혼했어요.

    The two went out for a year and got married.

  6. Requests and commands

    학교에서 친구를 많이 사귀세요.

    Make lots of friends at school.

Good to know

  • 사귀다 takes 하고 for going out with someone, and 을/를 for making friends: 친구를 사귀다. Boyfriend and girlfriend are 남자 친구, 여자 친구.

Where you hear 사귀다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 저희 지금 사귀어요. We're seeing each other now.
  • 대학교에서 친구를 많이 사귀었어요. I made many friends at university.
  • 한국에서 친구 많이 사귈 거야. You'll make lots of friends in Korea.

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 저희 지금 사귀어요. We're seeing each other now.
  • 대학교에서 친구를 많이 사귀었어요. I made many friends at university.
  • 한국에서 친구 많이 사귈 거야. You'll make lots of friends in Korea.

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