KOREAN VERB

얘기하다

to talk, to chat (with someone)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI talk
NegativeI don’t talk

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI talked
NegativeI didn’t talk

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI talk (respectfully)
PastI talked (respectfully)
FutureI will talk (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

저는 점심시간에 동료들하고 자주 얘기해요.

I often chat with my coworkers at lunchtime.
Past

어제 민준 씨하고 오래 얘기했어요.

Yesterday I talked with Min-jun for a long time.
Future

이 문제는 내일 부장님하고 얘기할 거예요.

I'll talk about this problem with the manager tomorrow.
Honorific

할머니는 전화로 이모하고 한 시간씩 얘기하세요.

Grandma talks with my aunt on the phone for an hour at a time.
Connectives

수아하고 얘기하면 항상 기분이 좋아져요.

When I talk with Su-a, I always feel better.
Requests and commands

수업 중에는 옆 사람하고 얘기하지 마세요.

Don't talk to the person next to you during class.

얘기하다 is the everyday spoken form of 이야기하다; the person you talk with takes 하고 or 와/과.

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

Intermediate Level 1 · 나중에 얘기하자.

Intermediate Level 1 · 그럼 우리 얘기하자.

Intermediate Level 1 · 나도 경주 얘기할걸 그랬어.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.