KOREAN VERB

따라가다

to follow (a person, the money, a road)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI follow
NegativeI don’t follow

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI followed
NegativeI didn’t follow

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI follow (respectfully)
PastI followed (respectfully)
FutureI will follow (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

강아지가 아이들 뒤를 졸졸 따라가요.

The puppy trots along after the kids.
Past

길을 몰라서 앞사람을 그냥 따라갔어요.

I didn't know the way, so I just followed the person ahead.
Future

내일은 수아가 가는 데로 따라갈 거예요.

Tomorrow I'll follow Su-a wherever she goes.
Honorific

할머니는 앞서 가는 가이드를 천천히 따라가셨어요.

Grandma slowly followed the guide walking ahead.
Connectives

돈을 따라가면 진짜 범인이 나와요.

If you follow the money, the real culprit turns up.
Requests and commands

이 길만 쭉 따라가세요, 그럼 역이 나와요.

Just follow this road straight on, then the station appears.

따라가다 is to go after someone, away from the speaker; 따라오다 is to follow towards them: 저를 따라오세요. 따라 comes from 따르다.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 애들은 꼭 돈을 따라가요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.