Korean Verb Adj Present Past Tense -요 Conjugation

Описание: Korean Verb Adj Present Past Tense Conjugation

This video is for people who already know 한글 and want to learn about how to conjugate Korean verbs and adjectives into the present and past tense -요 (basic respectful) form.

Disclaimer: My way of showing the past tense here is limited to the polite -요 form and casual 반말.
Most people teach it as the (았/었/했+ x) But for me, I am just focusing on the ㅆ어 part to indicate the polite -요 form and casual 반말 past tense here.

If you have questions about the content, please leave a comment and I can make another video or answer questions in the comments when I can.

Extra info: (further explanations at the bottom as well)


먹다 to eat (in dictionary form, the base form, the untransformed form)

We change the verb from this form to show that the subject (person or thing who does the action):

(present tense) Subject does something often, or as a habit. Does something now.

(past tense) Subject did something.

(future tense) Subject will do something.

We will drill these concepts only using present tense and past tense right now.


00:00 What is a verb?
01:15 Simple explanation of tenses
04:04 Explanation of practice drills
04:50 to go 가다
07:14 to come 오다
10:02 to eat 먹다
12:37 to drink 마시다
16:07 to see 보다
18:55 to listen 듣다
21:59 to read 읽다
27:57 to write 쓰다
32:00 to learn 배우다
37:50 to be spicy 맵다


Verbs and adjectives are both "conjugated", or in other words, they both change form in very similar ways.

They will change form to give extra information when they are being used. For example, if the verb/adjective is changed into the present tense form, it gives information to the listener/reader of a sentence that the subject does or is something in the present, now.

If the verb/adjective is changed into the past tense form, it gives information to the listener/reader of a sentence that the subject did or was something in the past, before.

If the verb/adjective is changed into the future tense form, it gives information to the listener/reader of a sentence that the subject will do or will be something in the future, later.

There are irregular verbs/adjectives that don't follow the standard easiest rules of conjugation, so it is good to learn about those irregulars through studies and keeping an eye out for them as you are exposed to more Korean. (예: 짓다, 걷다, 춥다, 잠그다, 모르다, 들다 etc.)

Also, there are a couple different uses of the forms (present, past, future). So I like to tell people to keep their mind open and flexible when learning languages and don't think that once you've learned one usage of something, that's it.
Even in English, the present tense,
"When do you arrive?"
doesn't mean the "arrival" is happening in the present / right now, but rather this "present tense" usage indicates future action.
A tense's uses can be flexible and varied.

Other examples of different uses for present tense -요 form include:
habitual or frequent actions
commands (Do this!)
suggestions (Let's do this!)
suggestive questions (Shall we do this?)