KOREAN VERB

설거지하다

to do the dishes

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI do the dishes
NegativeI don’t do the dishes

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI did the dishes
NegativeI didn’t do the dishes

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will do the dishes
NegativeI won’t do the dishes

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI do the dishes (respectfully)
PastI did the dishes (respectfully)
FutureI will do the dishes (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

우리 집에서는 아빠가 항상 설거지해요.

At our house, Dad always does the dishes.
Past

저녁을 먹고 나서 바로 설거지했어요.

I did the dishes right after dinner.
Future

오늘 저녁은 제가 설거지할 거예요.

Tonight I'll do the dishes.
Honorific

할머니가 벌써 혼자 다 설거지하셨어요.

Grandma has already done all the dishes by herself.
Connectives

제가 설거지하니까 엄마는 좀 쉬세요.

I'll do the dishes, so Mom, take a rest.
Requests and commands

먹고 나서 바로 설거지하세요, 미루지 말고.

Do the dishes right after you eat, don't put it off.

설거지 is the dishwashing itself; "I'll cook, you do the dishes" is the classic family deal: 밥은 내가 할게, 설거지는 네가 해.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.