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KOREAN VERB

운전하다

to drive

  • #190 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI drive
NegativeI don’t drive

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI drove
NegativeI didn’t drive

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI drive (respectfully)
PastI drove (respectfully)
FutureI will drive (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) driving, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) driving, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I drive
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I drive
  5. But (-지만) I drive, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please drive
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please drive (formal)
  3. Plain command drive! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t drive

How to use 운전하다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    저는 주말에만 운전해요.

    I only drive on weekends.

  2. Past

    어제 처음으로 서울에서 운전했어요.

    Yesterday I drove in Seoul for the first time.

  3. Future

    부산까지 제가 운전할 거예요.

    I'll drive to Busan.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 아직도 직접 운전하세요.

    Grandpa still drives himself.

  5. Connectives

    운전하면 음악을 크게 들어요.

    When I drive, I listen to music loudly.

  6. Requests and commands

    밤에는 천천히 운전하세요.

    Drive slowly at night.

Good to know

  • 운전 is the noun: 운전을 잘해요; 운전면허 is a driving licence.

Where you hear 운전하다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 나는 택시를 운전해. I drive a taxi.
  • 미국에서는 매일 운전했어요. In America I drove every day.
  • 내년에 운전할 거예요. I'll drive next year.

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 나는 택시를 운전해. I drive a taxi.
  • 미국에서는 매일 운전했어요. In America I drove every day.
  • 내년에 운전할 거예요. I'll drive next year.
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The toast

Beginner Level 1 · 형, 운전할 수 있어?

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Grandma's story

Intermediate Level 1 · 응. 그래서 트럭을 운전했어. · 응, 결국. 아직도 운전해.

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