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KOREAN VERB

산책하다

to take a walk

  • #433 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take a walk
NegativeI don’t take a walk

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took a walk
NegativeI didn’t take a walk

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will take a walk
NegativeI won’t take a walk

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take a walk (respectfully)
PastI took a walk (respectfully)
FutureI will take a walk (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 산책하다

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

  1. Present

    저녁마다 강아지하고 같이 한강에서 산책해요.

    Every evening I take a walk along the Han River with my dog.

  2. Past

    점심 먹고 회사 근처를 산책했어요.

    After lunch I took a walk near the office.

  3. Future

    날씨가 좋으면 내일 남산에서 산책할 거예요.

    If the weather's nice, I'll take a walk on Namsan tomorrow.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 아침마다 동네를 천천히 산책하세요.

    Grandma takes a slow walk around the neighborhood every morning.

  5. Connectives

    공원을 산책하고 근처 카페에 갔어요.

    I walked around the park and went to a nearby cafe.

  6. Requests and commands

    머리가 아프면 밖에서 잠깐 산책하세요.

    If your head hurts, take a short walk outside.

Good to know

  • 산책하다 is a stroll for pleasure; where you stroll takes 에서 or 을/를: 공원에서 산책해요, 공원을 산책해요.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.