Category:Verb endings
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Tense And Politness Level
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 | Politness 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 | Politness 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, Intimate | Past |
3. Imperative Sentences
| Verb Ending | Politness 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 |
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