KOREAN VERB

식사하다

to have a meal (the respectful word for eating)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI have a meal
NegativeI don’t have a meal

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI had a meal
NegativeI didn’t have a meal

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will have a meal
NegativeI won’t have a meal

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI have a meal (respectfully)
PastI had a meal (respectfully)
FutureI will have a meal (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

저희 회사는 열두 시에 다 같이 식사해요.

At our company we all have lunch together at twelve.
Past

어제 거래처 분들과 점심 식사했어요.

Yesterday I had lunch with people from the client company.
Future

회의 끝나고 근처에서 식사할 거예요.

After the meeting we'll eat somewhere nearby.
Honorific

어머니, 저녁 식사하셨어요? 저희는 지금 먹어요.

Mom, have you had dinner? We're eating now.
Connectives

먼저 식사하고 나서 서류를 보시죠.

Let's have the meal first and then look at the documents.
Requests and commands

부장님, 먼저 식사하세요. 저는 곧 갈게요.

Go ahead and eat, sir. I'll be right there.

식사하셨어요? is the polite "have you eaten?", said to elders and customers; with friends it's 밥 먹었어?

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

Fluency Level 1 · 어머님, 식사하셨어요?

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.