KOREAN VERB

살리다

to bring to life, to bring out (a feeling, a flavour); to save (a life)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI bring to life
NegativeI don’t bring to life

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI brought to life
NegativeI didn’t bring to life

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will bring to life
NegativeI won’t bring to life

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI bring to life (respectfully)
PastI brought to life (respectfully)
FutureI will bring to life (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

참기름 한 방울이 나물 맛을 살려요.

One drop of sesame oil brings out the flavour of the greens.
Past

의사 선생님이 우리 강아지를 살렸어요.

The vet saved our puppy.
Future

조명을 바꿔서 무대 분위기를 살릴 거예요.

We'll change the lighting to bring the stage to life.
Honorific

할머니는 시든 화분도 다 살리세요.

Grandma brings even wilted plants back to life.
Connectives

원래 색을 살리니까 사진이 훨씬 좋아졌어요.

Bringing out the original colours made the photo much better.
Requests and commands

소금을 조금 넣어서 단맛을 살리세요.

Add a little salt to bring out the sweetness.

The pair of 살다, to live: it makes something live, from a patient to a flavour. 살려 주세요! is "help!".

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

Fluency Level 1 · 애드립 부분 다시. 느낌 살려서.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.