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KOREAN VERB

싫어하다

to dislike

  • #23 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI dislike
NegativeI don’t dislike

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI disliked
NegativeI didn’t dislike

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI dislike (respectfully)
PastI disliked (respectfully)
FutureI will dislike (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 싫어하다

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

  1. Present

    제 동생은 당근을 정말 싫어해요.

    My little brother really dislikes carrots.

  2. Past

    어릴 때는 치과에 가는 걸 싫어했어요.

    As a child I hated going to the dentist.

  3. Future

    수아 씨는 그 농담을 싫어할 거예요.

    Su-a will dislike that joke.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 시끄러운 식당을 정말 싫어하세요.

    Grandma really dislikes noisy restaurants.

  5. Connectives

    추운 날씨를 싫어해서 겨울에는 잘 안 나가요.

    I dislike cold weather, so I rarely go out in winter.

  6. Requests and commands

    처음부터 싫어하지 마세요, 한번 먹어 보세요.

    Don't dislike it from the start, try it once.

Good to know

  • 싫어하다 says what a person dislikes; 싫다 says the thing is disliked: 저는 비를 싫어해요, 비가 싫어요.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.