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Korean Verb Tenses: Let's Dive Into The Past and Take A Look at Our Future!
Korean Verb Tenses: Let's Dive Into The Past and Take A Look at Our Future!
TENSES
Let's dive into the Past and take a look at our Future!
Revision
Present Tense
Basic Sentence Structure Verbs with vowels ㅏ, ㅗ Verbs with vowels other than
Pronoun + Noun + Verb + Add - 아요 to conjugate ㅏㅗ,
Sentence Ending present tense. Add -어요 to conjugate
present tense.
았어요
ㅏㅗ
For verbs with vowels ,
알다 알 + 았어요 = 알았어요
오다 오 + 았어요 = 왔어요
CONJUGATION OF THE PAST TENSE
었어요
ㅏㅗ
For verbs with vowels other than ,
먹다 먹 + 었어요 = 먹었어요
기다리다 기다리 + 었어요 = 기다렸어요
CONJUGATION OF THE PAST TENSE
했어요
For 하다 and 하다 verbs
하다 했어요
준비하다 준비 + 했어요 = 준비했어요
CONJUGATION OF THE PAST TENSE
을 거예요
For verbs ending with consonants (except ㄹ)
입다 입 + 을 거예요 = 입을 거예요
웃다 웃 + 을 거예요 = 웃을 거예요
CONJUGATION OF THE FUTURE
TENSE
ㄹ 거예요
For verbs ending with vowels
하다 하 + ㄹ거예요 = 할 거예요
마시다 마시 + ㄹ 거예요 = 마실 거예요
CONJUGATION OF THE FUTURE
TENSE
거예요
For verbs ending with the consonant ㄹ
팔다 팔 + 거예요 = 팔 거예요
놀다 놀 + 거예요 = 놀 거예요
CONJUGATION OF THE FUTURE
TENSE