KOREAN VERB

여쭤보다

to ask (humble, of someone respected)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI ask
NegativeI don’t ask

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI asked
NegativeI didn’t ask

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI ask (respectfully)
PastI asked (respectfully)
FutureI will ask (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

모르는 게 있으면 선생님께 여쭤봐요.

When there's something I don't know, I ask the teacher.
Past

어제 할머니께 김치 담그는 법을 여쭤봤어요.

Yesterday I asked Grandma how to make kimchi.
Future

내일 교수님께 직접 여쭤볼 거예요.

Tomorrow I'll ask the professor directly.
Honorific

부장님, 그 일은 사장님께 벌써 여쭤보셨어요?

Sir, have you already asked the boss about that?
Connectives

할아버지께 여쭤보니까 바로 답을 아셨어요.

When I asked Grandpa, he knew the answer right away.
Requests and commands

길을 모르면 어르신께 여쭤보세요.

If you don't know the way, ask an elder.

여쭤보다 is 물어보다 said upward, to a teacher or a grandparent, and the person asked takes 께.

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

Advanced Level 1 · 언제 볼 수 있는지 여쭤봐도 될까요?

Advanced Level 1 · 주인한테 여쭤볼게요.

Advanced Level 3 · 가게 김치냐고 여쭤보래요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.