KOREAN VERB

따라오다

to follow (toward the speaker)

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

우리 강아지는 어디든 저를 따라와요.

My puppy follows me everywhere.
Past

모르는 고양이가 집까지 저를 따라왔어요.

A cat I didn't know followed me home.
Future

제가 먼저 가면 동생이 따라올 거예요.

If I go first, my little brother will follow.
Honorific

할머니가 걱정돼서 저를 역까지 따라오셨어요.

Grandma was worried and followed me all the way to the station.
Connectives

천천히 따라오면 길을 안 잃어요.

If you follow slowly, you won't get lost.
Requests and commands

길을 모르면 이쪽으로 저를 따라오세요.

If you don't know the way, follow me this way.

따라오다 is following toward the speaker, 따라가다 following away: 저를 따라오세요 is "Follow me".

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.