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KOREAN VERB

연장하다

to extend (a visa, a contract, a stay)

  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI extend
NegativeI don’t extend

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI extended
NegativeI didn’t extend

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI extend (respectfully)
PastI extended (respectfully)
FutureI will extend (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 연장하다

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

  1. Present

    유학생들은 보통 일 년마다 비자를 연장해요.

    Exchange students usually extend their visa every year.

  2. Past

    호텔이 좋아서 이틀 더 연장했어요.

    The hotel was nice, so I extended by two more days.

  3. Future

    회사에서 계약을 일 년 더 연장할 거예요.

    The company will extend the contract by one more year.

  4. Honorific

    박 선생님은 한국 체류를 연장하셨어요?

    Did Mrs. Park extend her stay in Korea?

  5. Connectives

    비자를 연장하면 내년까지 있을 수 있어요.

    If I extend my visa, I can stay until next year.

  6. Requests and commands

    비자가 끝나기 전에 꼭 연장하세요.

    Be sure to extend your visa before it runs out.

Good to know

  • 연장하다 goes with visas, contracts and hotel stays: 비자를 연장하다.

Where you hear 연장하다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 매년 비자를 연장해요. Every year I extend my visa.
  • 작년에 계약을 연장했어요. Last year I extended my contract.
  • 팔월에 연장할 거예요. He'll extend it in August.

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 매년 비자를 연장해요. Every year I extend my visa.
  • 작년에 계약을 연장했어요. Last year I extended my contract.
  • 팔월에 연장할 거예요. He'll extend it in August.
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A third year

Intermediate Level 2 · 비자는 직접 연장하셔야 할 겁니다.

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For good

Fluency Level 3 · 그럼 또 연장하지, 뭐.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.