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KOREAN VERB

실험하다

to experiment, to do an experiment

  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI experiment
NegativeI don’t experiment

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI experimented
NegativeI didn’t experiment

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI experiment (respectfully)
PastI experimented (respectfully)
FutureI will experiment (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 실험하다

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

  1. Present

    수아는 대학 연구실에서 매일 실험해요.

    Su-a does experiments at the university lab every day.

  2. Past

    어제는 새 레시피로 저녁을 실험했어요.

    Yesterday I experimented with a new recipe for dinner.

  3. Future

    다음 주부터 새 약을 쥐로 실험할 거예요.

    From next week they'll test the new drug on mice.

  4. Honorific

    교수님은 삼십 년 동안 같은 주제를 실험하셨어요.

    The professor has experimented on the same topic for thirty years.

  5. Connectives

    여러 번 실험했지만 결과가 매번 달라요.

    We experimented many times, but the result is different each time.

  6. Requests and commands

    책만 읽지 말고 직접 실험하세요.

    Don't just read books, experiment yourself.

Good to know

  • 실험 is the experiment and 실험실 the lab; 실험해 보다 is to try something out to see what happens.

Where you hear 실험하다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 1

  • 수업 시간에 학생들하고 실험해요. In class I do experiments with the students.
  • 어제 물로 실험했어요. Yesterday we did an experiment with water.
  • 내일은 얼음으로 실험할 거예요. Tomorrow we'll experiment with ice.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.