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KOREAN VERB

살다

to live

  • #29 most used
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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI live
NegativeI don’t live

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI lived
NegativeI didn’t live

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI live (respectfully)
PastI lived (respectfully)
FutureI will live (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 살다

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

  1. Present

    저는 지금 서울 마포구에 살아요.

    I live in Mapo-gu, Seoul now.

  2. Past

    대학교 때는 부산에서 살았어요.

    In my university days I lived in Busan.

  3. Future

    내년부터 부모님 집에서 살 거예요.

    From next year I'll live at my parents' house.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 혼자 시골에 사세요.

    Grandma lives alone in the countryside.

  5. Connectives

    서울에 살면 지하철이 정말 편해요.

    If you live in Seoul, the subway is really convenient.

  6. Requests and commands

    할머니, 건강하게 오래오래 사세요.

    Grandma, live a long, healthy life.

Good to know

  • Where you live takes 에 or 에서: 서울에 살아요; the ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ, ㅅ: 삽니다, 사세요.

Where you hear 살다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 저는 홍대 근처에 살아요. I live near Hongdae.
  • 할머니는 전주에 사셨어요. Grandma lived in Jeonju.
  • 형은 우리하고 같이 살 거야. Eli is going to live with us.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 저는 홍대 근처에 살아요. I live near Hongdae.
  • 할머니는 전주에 사셨어요. Grandma lived in Jeonju.
  • 형은 우리하고 같이 살 거야. Eli is going to live with us.
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Come and live with us

Beginner Level 1 · 네. 우리하고 같이 살아요.

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The answer

Beginner Level 2 · 그래도 제 집에서 살고 싶어요.

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The new class

Beginner Level 3 · 한강 옆에 살고 있어요. · 네. 그리고 한강 옆에 살고 있어요.

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The beach at Hamdeok

Intermediate Level 1 · 같이 살았는데 지금은 월세요.

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The wedding

Intermediate Level 2 · 둘 다 잘 살아. 행복해.

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The talk, part one

Intermediate Level 3 · 어디에서 살 거야?

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The families meet

Advanced Level 1 · 두 사람은 어디에서 살 거예요?

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The bows

Advanced Level 1 · 둘이 잘 살아라. 싸우지 말고. · 잘 살게요, 할머니.

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Where to live

Advanced Level 1 · 당분간 여기서 같이 살아요.

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The villa by the river path

Advanced Level 1 · 살던 부부는 지난달에 나갔어요. · 살던 부부는 조용했어요. 벽도 괜찮고요.

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What Mrs. Choi wanted

Advanced Level 2 · 손자가 저랑 살아요. 부모는 늦어요.

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The taxi tour

Advanced Level 3 · 저기가 네가 살던 방이야.

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And 4 more lessons.

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