Category:Verb endings
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Tense And Politness Level
In addition to make declarative, interrogative, imperative and "let's" sentences,at different levels of politeness, you take the verb stem and add the following suffixes.
1. Declarative Sentences
| Verb Ending | Politeness level | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| -아/어/여요 | Formal | Present |
| -았/었/였어요 | Formal | Past |
| -(으)ㄹ거예요 | Formal | Future |
| -ᄇ/습니다 | Honorific | Present |
| -았/었/였-습니다 | Honorific | Past |
| -(으)ᄅ 겁니다 | Honorific | Future |
| -아/어/여 | Informal | Present |
| -았/었/였어 | Informal | Past |
| -(으)ㄹ 거야 | Informal | Future |
2. Interrogative Sentences
| Verb Ending | Politeness level | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| -(으)ㄹ까요 | Formal | Present(used in future tense too) |
| -았/었/였+-(으)ㄹ까요 | Formal | Past |
| -ᄇ/습니까 | Honorific | Present |
| -았/었/였 +습니까 | Honorific | Past |
| -(으)ᄅ 겁니까 | Honorific | Future |
| -(으)ㄹ까 | Informal | Present (used in future tense too) |
| -았/었/였+-(으)ㄹ까 | Informal | Past |
3. Imperative Sentences
| Verb Ending | Politeness level | Tense | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| -(으)세요 | Formal | Present | |
| -아/어/여 + 주세요 | Formal | Present | Implies the meaning "Do it for me" |
| -(으)십시오 | Honorific | Present | |
| -(으)세 | Informal | Present |
4. "Let's" Sentences
| Verb Ending | Politness level | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| -아/어/여요 (same as present tense) | Formal | Future |
| -ㅂ/읍시다 | Honorific | Future |
| -자 | Informal | Future |
Various Endings
The following endings are either in 격식체 (formal), either unconjugated. If you want to make sentences you have to conjugate them (at what tense you want) or if you want to make 비격식체 (informal) sentences, you just drop 요.See the tables above if you don't know the endings for tenses.
| Korean | Romanization | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| -지 마세요 | -ji ma-se-yo | Don't do it, don't do "something" (Ex:울지 마세요 = Don't cry.) |
| -지 않다 | -ji an-ta | Negative form of verbs (Ex:먹지 않다 = to not eat) |
-(으)ㄹ래요<ref>
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-(eu)l-lae-yo | I Want to..., Do you want to...? (Ex:갈래요 = I want to go.) |
| -(으)면 좋겠어요 | -(eu)myeon jo-ge-sseo-yo | I hope, I wish (Ex:빨리 끝나면 좋겠어요 = I hope/wish this finishes quickly.) |
| -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 | -(eu)l su it-da | To “can” do something (Ex:먹을 수 있어요 = I can eat.) |
| -(으)ㄹ 수 없다 | -(eu)l su eops-da | To “can not” do something (Ex:먹을 수 없어요 = I can't eat.) |
| -(으)ㄹ 줄 알다 | -(eu)l jul al-da | To "know how to do" something (Ex:먹을 줄 알아요 = I know how to eat.) |
| -(으)ㄹ 줄 모르다 | -(eu)l jul mo-reu-da | To "not know how to do" something (Ex:먹을 줄 몰라요 = I don't know how to eat.) |
-을/를<ref>
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-eul/reul jal ha-da | To be "good at" doing something (Ex:요리를 잘 해요 = I'm good at cooking/ I cook well.) |
| -을/를 잘 못 하다 | -eul/reul jal mot ha-da | To be "bad/poor at" doing something (Ex:요리를 잘 못 해요 = I'm bad at cooking.) |
-아/어/여<ref>
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-a/eo/yeo-ya doe-da/ha-da | To "have to, must ,should" (Ex:던져도 돼요 = You have to throw it.) |
| -(으)면 안 되다 | -(eu)myeon an doe-da | To "don't have to, shouldn’t, not supposed to" (Ex:던지면 안 돼요 = You're not supposed to throw it.) |
| -아/어/여지다 | -a/eo/yeo-ji-da | To become + descriptive verb (Ex:추워지다 = To become cold.) |
| -(으)면 | -(eu)myeon | Verb ending for “if” (Ex:자면 = If you sleep...) |
| -고 있다 | -go it-da | Present progressive(Ex:일하고 있어요 = I am working) |
| -기만 하다 | -gi-man ha-da | Implies the meaning of "only" (Ex:보기만 하다 = to only see, to just look) |
| -자마자 | -ja-ma-ja | Implies the meaning of "right after", "as soon as". (Ex:보자마자 = As soon as I see...) |
| -(으)니까요 or -아/어/여서요 | -(eu)-ni-kka-yo or -a/eo/yeo-seo-yo | Implies the meaning of "because", "since", but -아/어/여서요 can't be used in imperative sentences (Ex:바쁘니까요 = I'm busy so.../Because I'm busy ...) |
-(으)ㄴ/는지요 <ref>
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-(eu)n/neun-ji-yo | Implies the meaning of "whether or not" (Ex:괜찮은지요? = You are ok or you are not ok?) |
| -(으)ㄹ까요 | -(eu)l-kka-yo | Shall we...? or I wonder... (Ex:갈까요? = Shall we go?/ I wonder if should we go.) |
| -(으)ㄹ게요 | -(eu)l-ge-yo | Your futures actions or decisions AS A REACTION TO or AS A RESULT OF what the
other person says (Ex:공부할게요=(If you say so) I will study. |
| -(으)려고 하다 | -(eu)ryeo-go ha-da | I'm planning to, it's about to, to intend to (Ex:사려고 하다 = to planning to buy.) |
-(으)ㄴ/-는/-(으)ㄹ 것 같아요<ref>
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-(eu)n/-neun/-(eu)l geot ga-ta-yo | To look like/to seem like + verb (Ex:비싼 것 같아요 = It looks expensive.) |
| -(으)ㄴ/-는/-(으)ㄹ 것 같다 | -(eu)n/-neun/-(eu)l geot gat-da | Like above, it means "it seems that","it looks like", but korean use this more often when they want to say "I THINK THAT..." in a way not to direct (Ex:비싼 것 같아요 = I think that's expensive (so let's go to another place).) |
| -나 보다 | -na bo-da | To assume, to suppose (based on a fact), used only with action verbs (Ex:모르나 봐요 = I guess you don't know.) |
| -(으)ㄴ가 보다 | -(eu)n-ga bo-da | To assume, to suppose (based on a fact), used only with descriptive verbs (Ex:바쁜가 봐요 = I guess you're busy.) |
| -(으)려나 보다 | -(eu)ryeo-na bo-da | To assume, to suppose (not based on a fact, it's just your imagination), used only with action verbs (Ex:사랑하려나 봐요 = I guess he will love me (one day).) |
| -(으)ㄹ 수도 있다 | -(eu)l su-do it-da | It’s possible that..., it might or it could (Ex:올 수도 있어요 = I might come/I could came/ It's possible to come.) |
| -(으)ㄹ 리가 없다 | -(eu)l li-ga eops-da | It's impossible to, It can't be... (Ex:그럴 리가 없어요 = That's impossible.) |
| -아/어/여 보다 | -a/eo/yeo bo-da | To try doing something |
| -(으)ㄹ 뻔 했다 | -(eu)l ppeon haet-da | To almost do something (Ex:믿을 뻔 했다 = To almost believed it.) |
| -게 되다 | -ge doe-da | To end up doing something, to eventually find oneself doing something (Ex:사게 되다 = To end up buying (something).) |
| -잖아요 | -ja-na-yo | It's an expresion that means "You see...", "Come on..." (Ex:귀엽잖아요 = You see, it's cute/ Come on, it's cute.) |
| -지요 | -ji-yo | Implies the meaning "Doesn't it/Isn't it so?" (Ex:춥지요 = It's cold, doesn't it?) |
| -(으)ㄹ 수 밖에 없다 | -(eu)l su ba-kke eopda | To “have no other choice but to” do something. (Ex:이야기할 수 밖에 없다 = to have no other choice but to talk (to somebody).) |
| -고 있는 중이다 or -는 중 | -go it-neun jung-i-da or -neun jung | To be in the middle of + verb-ing (Ex:일하는 중이에요 = I'm in the middle of working) |
| -(으)ㄴ/는 김에 | -(eu)n/neun gi-me | Represent an opportunity or reason to do something, so it has the meaning "since i am already", "while I am there" (Ex:가는 김에... = Since/While you are going to + another action) |
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Related Pages
- Conjunctions
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