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KOREAN VERB

예약하다

to book, to reserve

  • #276 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI book
NegativeI don’t book

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI booked
NegativeI didn’t book

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI book (respectfully)
PastI booked (respectfully)
FutureI will book (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 예약하다

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

  1. Present

    주말에는 항상 식당을 미리 예약해요.

    At weekends I always book the restaurant in advance.

  2. Past

    부산행 기차표를 두 장 예약했어요.

    I booked two train tickets to Busan.

  3. Future

    오늘 저녁에 제주도 호텔을 예약할 거예요.

    I'll book the hotel in Jeju this evening.

  4. Honorific

    손님, 몇 시에 몇 분으로 예약하셨어요?

    Sir, what time and for how many did you book?

  5. Connectives

    미리 예약하면 십 퍼센트 할인이 돼요.

    If you book ahead, you get a ten percent discount.

  6. Requests and commands

    자리가 금방 차니까 지금 예약하세요.

    Seats fill up quickly, so book now.

Good to know

  • 예약 is the noun: 예약했어요 means I have a reservation, and 예약 안 했어요 means I don't.

Where you hear 예약하다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 식당은 제가 예약해요. I book the restaurant.
  • 어제 온라인으로 예약했어요. Yesterday I booked online.
  • 내일 아홉 시에 예약할 거예요. Tomorrow at nine I'll book it.

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 식당은 제가 예약해요. I book the restaurant.
  • 어제 온라인으로 예약했어요. Yesterday I booked online.
  • 내일 아홉 시에 예약할 거예요. Tomorrow at nine I'll book it.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.