KOREAN VERB

세배하다

to make the New Year's bow (to an elder)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI make the New Year's bow
NegativeI don’t make the New Year's bow

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI made the New Year's bow
NegativeI didn’t make the New Year's bow

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will make the New Year's bow
NegativeI won’t make the New Year's bow

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI make the New Year's bow (respectfully)
PastI made the New Year's bow (respectfully)
FutureI will make the New Year's bow (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

설날 아침에는 할아버지께 먼저 세배해요.

On New Year's morning we bow to Grandpa first.
Past

작년 설날에는 사촌들하고 같이 세배했어요.

Last New Year I did the bow together with my cousins.
Future

한복 입고 부모님께 세배할 거예요.

I'll put on hanbok and bow to my parents.
Honorific

아버지도 어릴 때 할머니께 세배하셨대요.

Dad says he bowed to Grandma too when he was little.
Connectives

세배하고 나면 어른들께 세뱃돈을 받아요.

After the bow you get New Year's money from the grown-ups.
Requests and commands

민준아, 얼른 와서 할머니께 세배해.

Min-jun, come quickly and bow to Grandma.

On 설날 the young 세배하다 to their elders, bow and say 새해 복 많이 받으세요, and get 세뱃돈 in return.

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

Fluency Level 1 · 할머니, 하은이도 세배해요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.