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KOREAN VERB

시키다

to make someone do a thing, to give an order; to order (food)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI make someone do a thing
NegativeI don’t make someone do a thing

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI made someone do a thing
NegativeI didn’t make someone do a thing

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will make someone do a thing
NegativeI won’t make someone do a thing

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI make someone do a thing (respectfully)
PastI made someone do a thing (respectfully)
FutureI will make someone do a thing (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please make someone do a thing
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please make someone do a thing (formal)
  3. Plain command make someone do a thing! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t make someone do a thing

How to use 시키다

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

  1. Present

    저는 여기 오면 항상 비빔밥을 시켜요.

    When I come here I always order bibimbap.

  2. Past

    부장님이 저한테 또 야근을 시켰어요.

    The manager made me work late again.

  3. Future

    배고프니까 치킨 두 마리 시킬 거예요.

    I'm hungry, so I'll order two chickens.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 늘 저한테 심부름을 시키세요.

    Grandma always sends me on errands.

  5. Connectives

    피자를 시키고 나서 영화를 골랐어요.

    We ordered pizza and then picked a movie.

  6. Requests and commands

    메뉴 보고 먹고 싶은 거 시키세요.

    Look at the menu and order what you want.

Good to know

  • In a restaurant 시키다 is to order: 뭐 시킬까요? asks what to order.
  • With a person it is making them do something: 동생한테 설거지를 시켰어요.

Where you hear 시키다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 태호 오빠는 막내한테 다 시켜요. Tae-ho makes the youngest do everything.
  • 어제도 형이 저한테 청소를 시켰어요. Yesterday too, he made me do the cleaning.
  • 내일은 제가 커피를 시킬 거예요. Tomorrow I'll order the coffee.

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