KOREAN VERB

숨쉬다

to breathe

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI breathe
NegativeI don’t breathe

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI breathed
NegativeI didn’t breathe

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI breathe (respectfully)
PastI breathed (respectfully)
FutureI will breathe (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

산에 오면 공기가 좋아서 편하게 숨쉬어요.

In the mountains the air is good, so I breathe easily.
Past

코가 막혀서 밤새 입으로 숨쉬었어요.

My nose was blocked, so I breathed through my mouth all night.
Future

물속에서 삼십 초 동안 숨 안 쉴 거예요.

Underwater I'm not going to breathe for thirty seconds.
Honorific

할머니는 계단을 오르시면 힘들게 숨쉬세요.

When Grandma climbs stairs, she breathes with difficulty.
Connectives

천천히 숨쉬면 마음이 금방 가라앉아요.

If you breathe slowly, your mind soon settles.
Requests and commands

긴장하지 말고 천천히 깊게 숨쉬세요.

Don't be nervous; breathe slowly and deeply.

숨 is a breath, so 숨을 쉬다 with the particle is the same verb; 숨이 차다 is to be out of breath, 한숨을 쉬다 to sigh.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.