Free Korean verb endings guide

What's inside

• How Korean verbs workA verb is a stem plus an ending, and the verb goes last. The three speech levels, formal 합니다, polite 해요 and casual 반말, and the respect marker -(으)시-.
• The 해요 presentThe one vowel rule: 아요 after ㅏ or ㅗ, 어요 after the rest, 해요 for 하다. How 오다 becomes 와요 and 마시다 becomes 마셔요, then ten everyday verbs in all three levels.
• Past, future and notThe past with 았, 었 and 했, the future with -(으)ㄹ 거예요, and three ways to say no: 안, -지 않다 and 못.
• Endings from dramas-고 싶다, -(으)세요, -자, -(으)ㄹ게요, -네요, -죠 and -잖아, with two lines each, plus four verbs that bend, like 듣다 and 모르다.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in K-dramas, like 가자, 몰라 and 하지 마, to read and explain, then ten verbs to put in the 해요 form. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn to read Hangul, a few basic words and the particles first. This guide builds on them.
2. Read the first page and say each speech level out loud.
3. Come back to the table on page two whenever you can't remember a form.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same endings in K-dramas with Kitsumi.

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