KOREAN VERB

썰다

to slice

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI slice
NegativeI don’t slice

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI sliced
NegativeI didn’t slice

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI slice (respectfully)
PastI sliced (respectfully)
FutureI will slice (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

저는 부엌에서 두부를 얇게 썰어요.

I'm slicing tofu thinly in the kitchen.
Past

어제 저녁에 파하고 양파를 썰었어요.

Yesterday evening I sliced spring onion and onion.
Future

불고기 고기는 제가 얇게 썰 거예요.

I'll slice the meat for the bulgogi thinly.
Honorific

할머니께서 김치를 먹기 좋게 써셨어요.

Grandma sliced the kimchi into bite-size pieces.
Connectives

야채를 먼저 썰고 냄비에 넣으세요.

Slice the vegetables first and put them in the pot.
Requests and commands

양파는 아주 얇게 썰어. 손 조심해.

Slice the onion very thin. Mind your hands.

썰다 cuts food into slices with a knife; 자르다 is cutting in general, paper or hair.

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

Beginner Level 2 · 떡 썰고 · 일라이, 떡 썰고 그릇에 넣어. · 저는 썰고 설거지할 거예요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.