KOREAN VERB

따르다

to pour; to follow

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI pour
NegativeI don’t pour

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI poured
NegativeI didn’t pour

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI pour (respectfully)
PastI poured (respectfully)
FutureI will pour (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

한국에서는 어른께 두 손으로 술을 따라요.

In Korea you pour a drink for an elder with both hands.
Past

손님 잔에 물을 먼저 따랐어요.

I poured water into the guest's glass first.
Future

제가 차를 따를 거예요, 앉아 계세요.

I'll pour the tea, stay seated.
Honorific

할아버지가 제 잔에 막걸리를 따르셨어요.

Grandpa poured makgeolli into my glass.
Connectives

안내 표지판을 따르면 역이 바로 나와요.

If you follow the signs, the station is right there.
Requests and commands

뜨거우니까 천천히 따르세요, 잔이 작아요.

It's hot, so pour slowly, the glass is small.

술을 따르다 is to pour a drink; 따라 하다 is to copy what someone does, as in 따라 하세요, repeat after me.

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

Intermediate Level 3 · 일라이, 아버지한테 한 잔 따라. 두 손으로.

Advanced Level 2 · 계약서에 따르면 · 계약서에 따르면 내년이에요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.