RULES

IN
CONJUGATION OF VERBS AND ADJECTIVES

FORMAL POLITE FORM:

Remove 다 from the Verb or Adjective to get the word stem.

ㅂ니다
Is, Are, Am
ㄹ겁니다

No PRESENT FUTURE
RULES EXAMPLE
. TENSE TENSE
Word stem ends in 사다 Add: 삽니다 Add: 살겁니다
1.
a VOWEL (to buy) ㅂ니다 (buy) ㄹ겁니다 (will buy)
Word stem ends in 팔다 Add: 팔습니다 Add: 팔을겁니다
2.
a CONSONANT (to sell) 습니다 (sell) 을겁니다 (will sell)
PAST TENSE
Word stem ends in
앉다 Add: 앉았습니다
1 CONSONANT with
(to sit) 았습니다 (sat)
ㅏ or ㅗ
Word Stem ends in
오다 Add: 왔습니다
2. a VOWEL ㅗ,
(to come) ㅆ습니다 (came)
change ㅗ to ㅘ
Word stem ends in
CONSONANT 먹다 Add: 먹었습니다
3.
without ㅏ or ㅗ in (to eat) 었습니다 (ate)
the last syllable
Word stem ends in
피우다 Add: 피웠습니다
4. a VOWEL ㅜ,
(to learn) ㅆ습니다 (learned)
change ㅜ to ㅝ
Word stem ends in
마시다 Add: 마셨습니다
5. VOWEL I,
(to drink) ㅆ습니다 (drank)
change I to ㅕ
Word stem ends in
쓰다 Add: 썼습니다
6. a VOWEL ㅡ
(to write) ㅆ습니다 (wrote)
change, ㅡ to ㅓ
Word stem ends in 보내다 Add: 보냈습니다
7.
any other VOWEL (to send) ㅆ습니다 (sent)
All 하다 ending
VERB or ADJECTIVE, 사용하다 Add: 사용했슴니다
8.
change 하다 to (to use) 했슴니다 (used)
했슴니다