KOREAN VERB

세다

to be strong, to count

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am strong
NegativeI am not strong

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was strong
NegativeI was not strong

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will be strong
NegativeI won’t be strong

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI am strong (respectfully)
PastI was strong (respectfully)
FutureI will be strong (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

민준이는 힘이 정말 세요.

Min-jun is really strong.
Past

할머니 집에서 동전을 하나씩 셌어요.

At Grandma's house I counted the coins one by one.
Future

사람이 몇 명인지 제가 셀 거예요.

I'll count how many people there are.
Honorific

할아버지는 아직도 힘이 세세요.

Grandpa is still strong.
Connectives

돈을 세고 봉투에 넣었어요.

I counted the money and put it in an envelope.
Requests and commands

하나부터 열까지 천천히 세세요.

Count slowly from one to ten.

세다 is strong in the body or in drink, 힘이 세요, 술이 세요, and to count, 돈을 세요; the forms are the same for both.

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

Fluency Level 3 · 셀 땐 아흔, 종이엔 구십, 케이크엔 구순.

Fluency Level 3 · 세 문장입니다. 수아가 셌습니다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.