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KOREAN VERB

삭제하다

to delete

  • #308 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI delete
NegativeI don’t delete

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI deleted
NegativeI didn’t delete

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI delete (respectfully)
PastI deleted (respectfully)
FutureI will delete (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 삭제하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 필요 없는 사진을 매주 삭제해요.

    I delete the photos I don't need every week.

  2. Past

    실수로 중요한 메일을 삭제했어요.

    I deleted an important email by mistake.

  3. Future

    그 앱은 안 쓰니까 삭제할 거예요.

    I don't use that app, so I'll delete it.

  4. Honorific

    어머니가 실수로 사진을 다 삭제하셨어요.

    My mother deleted all the photos by mistake.

  5. Connectives

    삭제하면 다시 찾을 수 없어요.

    If you delete it, you can't get it back.

  6. Requests and commands

    오래된 파일은 삭제하세요, 용량이 부족해요.

    Delete the old files, we're short on space.

Good to know

  • 지우다 is the everyday "erase, delete"; 삭제하다 is what the buttons and menus say.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.