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KOREAN VERB

요리하다

to cook

  • #194 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI cook
NegativeI don’t cook

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI cooked
NegativeI didn’t cook

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI cook (respectfully)
PastI cooked (respectfully)
FutureI will cook (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 요리하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 주말마다 집에서 직접 요리해요.

    I cook at home myself every weekend.

  2. Past

    어젯밤에 처음으로 혼자 된장찌개를 요리했어요.

    Last night I cooked doenjang stew by myself for the first time.

  3. Future

    오늘 저녁은 제가 요리할 거예요.

    I'll cook dinner tonight.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 저희를 위해 하루 종일 요리하셨어요.

    Grandma cooked all day for us.

  5. Connectives

    오늘은 같이 요리하고 같이 먹어요.

    Today let's cook together and eat together.

  6. Requests and commands

    기름을 아주 조금만 넣고 요리하세요.

    Cook with just a very little oil.

Good to know

  • 요리 is both the cooking and a dish; 요리사 is a cook.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.