Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI take | |||
| NegativeI don’t take |
KOREAN VERB
to take, to be required (time, cost: the office word)
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI take | |||
| NegativeI don’t take |
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI took | |||
| NegativeI didn’t take |
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will take | |||
| NegativeI won’t take |
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI take (respectfully) | ||
| PastI took (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will take (respectfully) |
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
비자 심사에는 보통 삼 주가 소요됩니다.
Visa screening usually takes three weeks.
이번에는 서류 발급에 이틀이 소요됐어요.
This time issuing the documents took two days.
수리 비용은 십만 원 정도 소요될 겁니다.
The repair cost will be about a hundred thousand won.
할아버지, 연금 신청 처리에는 한 달 정도 소요되세요.
Grandpa, your pension application takes about a month to process.
심사에 두 달이 소요되니까 미리 신청하세요.
The review takes two months, so apply early.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.