How do you know when to normally conjugate (하다 -> 해) or when to conjugate like ~세요? (Psst… love your blog btw ♡)

exceptionally-jjang:

won-bora:

네, 알아요! So ~세요 is the command idk what that is in korean. i know it’s mandatos in spanish or something, but I think in korean people say the imperative mood. Yep so this is the polite imperative mood which means you use it when “commanding” someone to do something. Some people translate it to mean please.

먹으세요! Please eat!

물주세요! Pleast give me some water!

etc.

When conjugating normally its just for normal sentences idk

먹어요 I/he/she/it/you drinks or let’s drink depending on the context

I hope this helped! Sorry for the late reply~so many things these days

(pssst… thank you btw <3)

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oh yeah. normal conjugation can be imperative too, but it’s just less formal 🙂

Hi I’m really sorry for intruding on your post but I just wanted to add some stuff to this.

So 하세요 is actually the conjugation of 하시다 which is 하다 with the honorific 시 added to it. You use the honorific form of verbs for extra formality like when talking to/about an elder or strangers etc. (There’s a talk to me in korean lesson on 시 here).

For some examples of conjugation:

하다, 하시다 = to do
오늘 뭐해? (informal)
오늘 뭐해요? (formal)
오늘 뭐하세요? (formal honorific)

이다, 이시다 = to be
학생이야? (informal)
학생이에요? (formal)
학생이세요? (formal honorific)

It can be used any time to add respect such as, like you said, for imperatives in formal speech (공부하세요), talking to strangers (어디 사세요? (살다 -> 사시다)) when talking to/about elders (할머니 하셨어요) or thanking someone in formal speech (도와 주셔서 감사합니다 (주다 -> 주시다)).

because-i-am-precious:

Very basic but I bet it will be very useful if you are starting to study Korean

From Korea Grammar in Use

1. 수업 시간에 or 수업 중에 instead of 수업에서

2. 있다/없다 = 계시다/안 계시다 (honorific)

차이가 나다

4. 해야 지라고 알게 됐다

->

해야

겠다고 생각했다

(not all of them)

“Would you like to…?”: Verb + -(으)시겠어요?

unyounglearnskorean:

안녕하세요~ 잔지네요??

Today, we’ll learn the polite way to suggest something or ask about someone’s preference/intention.

– Construction: verb stem + -(으)시겠어요?

– “-(으)시겠어요?” corresponds to “would you mind/like to…” or “why not…” in English.

– It is used to politely suggest something or to ask the listener about his or her preference or intention.

– Ex: 내일 몇 시에 오시겠어요? What time will you come tomorrow?

– Ex: 커피를 드시겠어요? Would you like coffee?

수고하세요! ^^

Conjugate verbs

Present: ~((으)시)) 아요/어요/여요 (셔요 -> 세요

집에 있어요 = I am at home.
집에서 일해요 = I work at home.
집에 가요 = I’m going home.
어디에 있어요? = Where are you?
어디에 가고 십어요? = Where do you want to go?
일마에요? = How much is it?
보세요 – i look
웃으세요 – i laugh
어디 가세요? – where are you going?
하지 마세요 – don’t do that.

Past: ~((으)시)았/었/였어요

갔어요 = I went
왔어요 = I came
보셨어요 – I saw
웃으셨어요 – I laughed
했어요(?) = You did it (did you do it?)
언제 했어요 = When did you do it?
언제 도찬았어요 = When did you arrive?
학교에 갔어요 = I went to school
어떻게 찾았어요? = How did you find it?
어떻게 왔어요? = How did you get here?
왜 전화했어요? = Why did you call?
왜 안왔어요? = Why didn’t you come?

Future: ~((으)시)ㄹ/을 거예요

(originally 것이다 so means ‘verb을/를 is the thing that will be’

since you cannot be definite about the future, this form is PROBABLE. can also be used to say “probably will”, “I think/expect it will”)

갈 거예요 = I’m going to go/ I will go.
혼자 갈 거예요 = I’m going to go alone.
내일 갈 거예요 = I’m going to go tomorrow.
뭐 할 거예요? = What are you going to do?
언제 할 거예요? = When are you going to do it?
보실 거예요 – I’m going to watch
웃으실 거예요 – I’m going to laugh

irregulars

ㅂ irregular
when conjugating verbs: if verb stem ends in ㅂ and followed by suffix starting with vowel, ㅂ will change to 오 or 우.

돕다 = to help
도 + ㅂ + 다 -> 도 + 오 + 아요 = 도와요

어렵다 = to be difficult
어려 + ㅂ+ 다 -> 어려 + 우 +어요 = 어려워요
어려웠어요
어려울 거예요

춥다 = to be cold
주+우 + 어요 = 추워요
추웠어요
추울 거예요

눕다 = to lie down
굽다 = to bake
덥다 = to be hot (weather)
쉽다 = to be easy
맵다 = to be spicy
귀엽다 = to be cute
밉다 = to hate, to be dislikeable
아름답다 = to be beautiful

exceptions

입다 = to wear
잡다 = to catch
씹다 = to bite
좁다 = to be narrow
넓다 = to be wide

르 irregular

verb stem ending in 르 + 아/어/여요, 아/어/여서, 았/었/였어요

르 → ㄹ and added to end of previous vowel + extra ㄹ

고르다 (choose, pick, select) → 골ㄹ
모르다 (don’t know) → 몰ㄹ
빠르다 (fast) → 빨ㄹ
팔다 (sell) -> 파시다

골라요 = I pick
골라서 = I pick and then, because I pick
골랐어요 = I picked
뭐 골랐어요? = what did you choose?
저도 몰라요. = I don’t know either
비행기는 빨라서 좋아요 = planes are good because they are fast.
누가 케잌 잘랐어요? = who cut the cake?
토끼를 5년 동안 길렀어요 = I had a rabbit as a pet for five years

ㄷ irregular

verb ending in ㄷ and followed by vowel ㄷ → ㄹ

듣다 (listen) + 어서 → 들어서 = listen and then, because I listen
듣다 -> 들으시다
걷다 (walk) + 어요 → 걸어요 = I walk, am walking
묻다 (ask) + 으면 → 물으면 = if I ask
깨닫다 (realise) + 았어요 → 깨달았어요 = I realised

exceptions
받다 receive, 묻다 bury, 닫다 close, 믿다 believe

듣고 있어요 = I am listening
들었어요 = I heard
걷는 것 좋아해요 = I like walking
한 시간 걸었어요 = I walked for an hour.
어디에서 들었어요? = Where did you hear that?
많이 걸었는데, 안 피곤해요 = I walked a lot, but I am not tired
그 이야기를 믿어요? = Do you believe that story?
물어도 대답이 없어요 = Even if I ask, there is not answer

ㅅ irregular

낫다 – to heal, to recover, to be better (in comparison) + 아요 –> 나아요 – It’s better. / Please feel better.
젓다 – to stir (liquid) + 어요 -> 저어요
잇다 – to connect, to link + 으면 -> 이으면
짓다 – to build, to compose + 었어요 -> 지었어요

잘 저으세요 – Stir it well
두 개를 이었어요 – I connected the two (objects)
이 집을 누가 지었어요? – Who built this house?
좋은 이름을 지을 거예요 – I’m going to make a good name
감기 다 나았어요? – Did you recover (completely) from the cold

exceptions

웃다 – to smile, laugh -> 웃어요 – Smiles, laughs
씻다 – to wash -> 씻을 거예요 – I’m going to wash up/wash it
벗다 – to take (clothes) off -> 신발을 벗어 주세요 – Please take your shoes off

먹다, 마시다 + (으)시 = 드시다
(말하다) 말 -> 말씀 + 하시다 = 말씀하시다
(먹다) 식사 (meal) – 식사하시