Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI leave | |||
| NegativeI don’t leave |
Conjugation
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Past
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI left | |||
| NegativeI didn’t leave |
Future
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will leave | |||
| NegativeI won’t leave |
Honorific
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI leave (respectfully) | ||
| PastI left (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will leave (respectfully) |
Connectives
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
- And (-고) leaving, and…, and…
- So, and then (-아/어서) leaving, and…, so…
- If, when (-(으)면) if I leave
- Because (-(으)니까) because I leave
- But (-지만) I leave, but…
Requests and commands
명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요
- Please (-(으)세요) please leave
- Formal request (-(으)십시오) please leave (formal)
- Plain command leave! (casual)
- Please don’t please don’t leave
How to use 떠나다
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
기차는 아홉 시에 서울역을 떠나요.
The train leaves Seoul Station at nine.
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Past
민준 씨는 지난달에 회사를 떠났어요.
Min-jun left the company last month.
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Future
다음 주에 제주도로 여행을 떠날 거예요.
Next week I'm leaving on a trip to Jeju.
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Honorific
김 선생님은 내일 아침 일찍 떠나세요.
Mr. Kim leaves early tomorrow morning.
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Connectives
고향을 떠나서 서울에 온 지 삼 년 됐어요.
It's been three years since I left my hometown and came to Seoul.
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Requests and commands
아직 떠나지 마세요, 할 말이 있어요.
Don't leave yet, I have something to say.
Good to know
- What you leave takes 을/를 (서울을 떠나다); where you leave for takes 로 (부산으로 떠나다).
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.