KOREAN VERB

수영하다

to swim

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI swim
NegativeI don’t swim

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI swam
NegativeI didn’t swim

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI swim (respectfully)
PastI swam (respectfully)
FutureI will swim (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 일주일에 두 번 수영해요.

I swim twice a week.
Past

여름에 제주도 바다에서 수영했어요.

In summer I swam in the sea in Jeju.
Future

내일 아침에 수영장에서 수영할 거예요.

Tomorrow morning I'll swim at the pool.
Honorific

할아버지는 매일 아침 수영하세요.

Grandpa swims every morning.
Connectives

수영하고 샤워를 했어요.

I swam and took a shower.
Requests and commands

밥 먹고 바로 수영하지 마세요.

Don't swim right after eating.

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

Beginner Level 1 · 수영할 수 있어요?

Beginner Level 3 · 저는 수영할 줄 몰라요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.