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KOREAN VERB

스캔하다

to scan (a photograph, a paper)

  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI scan
NegativeI don’t scan

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI scanned
NegativeI didn’t scan

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will scan
NegativeI won’t scan

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI scan (respectfully)
PastI scanned (respectfully)
FutureI will scan (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 스캔하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 영수증을 바로 스캔해서 보관해요.

    I scan receipts right away and keep them.

  2. Past

    어제 할머니 옛날 사진을 다 스캔했어요.

    Yesterday I scanned all of Grandma's old photos.

  3. Future

    계약서는 서명한 뒤에 스캔할 거예요.

    I'll scan the contract after signing it.

  4. Honorific

    김 선생님이 서류를 직접 스캔하셨어요.

    Mr. Kim scanned the papers himself.

  5. Connectives

    서류를 스캔하고 나서 이메일로 보내 주세요.

    Scan the papers and then send them by email.

  6. Requests and commands

    입구에서 큐알 코드를 먼저 스캔하세요.

    First scan the QR code at the entrance.

Good to know

  • 스캔하다 is for a paper or a photo on a scanner, and for a QR code at a door; 스캔 alone is the noun, 스캔 파일 the file it makes.

Where you hear 스캔하다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 옛날 사진을 한 장씩 스캔해요. I scan the old photographs one by one.
  • 어제 결혼 사진을 다 스캔했어요. Yesterday I scanned all the wedding photographs.
  • 내일 학교에서 서류를 스캔할 거예요. Tomorrow I'll scan the papers at school.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.