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KOREAN VERB

세팅하다

to set up (amps, a stage, a table)

  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI set up
NegativeI don’t set up

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI set up
NegativeI didn’t set up

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will set up
NegativeI won’t set up

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI set up (respectfully)
PastI set up (respectfully)
FutureI will set up (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 세팅하다

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

  1. Present

    공연 전에 밴드가 무대를 직접 세팅해요.

    Before the show, the band sets up the stage themselves.

  2. Past

    어제 새 모니터를 두 시간 걸려 세팅했어요.

    Yesterday it took me two hours to set up the new monitor.

  3. Future

    결혼식 테이블은 아침 일찍 세팅할 거예요.

    We'll set up the wedding tables early in the morning.

  4. Honorific

    김 선생님이 음향 장비를 다 세팅하셨어요.

    Mr. Kim set up all the sound equipment.

  5. Connectives

    앰프를 세팅하고 나서 소리를 확인해요.

    After setting up the amps, we check the sound.

  6. Requests and commands

    카메라는 빛이 좋은 창가 쪽에 세팅하세요.

    Set the camera up by the window, where the light is good.

Good to know

  • A loanword 하다 verb for a stage, the sound, a table or a new phone; 설치하다 is the Korean word for installing.

Where you hear 세팅하다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 공연 전에 앰프를 세팅해요. Before a show we set up the amps.
  • 어제는 제가 무대를 세팅했어요. Yesterday I set up the stage.
  • 내일은 드럼을 먼저 세팅할 거예요. Tomorrow I'll set up the drums first.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.