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How to conjugate Korean verbs in the right way

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I hope you are having a great week so far😇! I gave you a little homework to do and about 30 people have tried conjugating the verbs! Thank you very much for actively getting engaged in my newsletter lessons🙏🏻.

Instead of replying to each comment, I decided to share the answer via another post with some detailed explanation so that everyone including the ones who are just reading the lessons is on the same page😉!

So, here we have the five verbs in the infinitive form:

➊ 앉다: to sit ➝ ?
➋ 만들다: to make ➝ ?
➌ 보다: to see ➝ ?
➍ 주다: to give ➝ ?
➎ 다니다: to go somewhere for a purpose, to attend ➝ ?

The basic conjugation rule

We will apply this basic rule for each verb and see what happens.

Let’s take a look at them one by one.

➊ 앉다: to sit

Step 1: Get the verb stem ➝ 앉

Step 2: Attach 아 after ㅏ or ㅗ, or attach 어 after any other vowel ➝ 앉아

Step 3: Attach 요 ➝ 앉아요

Answer: 앉아요

This was easy because the stem has a final consonant. In other words, verbs that have a stem that ends with a consonant will follow the basic rule.

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➋ 만들다: to make ➝ ?

Step 1: Get the verb stem ➝ 만들

Step 2: Attach 아 after ㅏ or ㅗ, or attach 어 after any other vowel ➝ 만들어

Step 3: Attach 요 ➝ 만들어요

Answer: 만들어요

This verb also has a consonant ending stem, so it worked just fine!

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➌ 보다: to see ➝ ?

Step 1: Get the verb stem ➝ 보

Step 2: Attach 아 after ㅏ or ㅗ, or attach 어 after any other vowel ➝ 보아

Step 3: Attach 요 ➝ 보아요

Now, this verb has a vowel ending stem, not a consonant ending stem. Therefore, we need to combine the two vowels before 요 which are ㅗ and ㅏ. If you try and say these two vowels fast, it would sound like 와 [wa], so the outcome becomes 봐요.

Answer: 봐요

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➍ 주다: to give ➝ ?

Step 1: Get the verb stem ➝ 주

Step 2: Attach 아 after ㅏ or ㅗ, or attach 어 after any other vowel ➝ 주어

Step 3: Attach 요 ➝ 주어요

Again, this verb has a vowel ending stem, so we will try and say ㅜ and ㅓ in one go which results in 워 [wo] sound. As a result, the conjugation of the verb becomes 줘요.

Answer: 줘요

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➎ 다니다: to go somewhere for a purpose, to attend ➝ ?

Step 1: Get the verb stem ➝ 다니

Step 2: Attach 아 after ㅏ or ㅗ, or attach 어 after any other vowel ➝ 다니어

Step 3: Attach 요 ➝ 다니어요

This one is a little tricky! For the verbs ➌ and ➍, we tried saying the two vowels fast and they both happened to have a compound vowel to be used:

➌ 보아요: ㅗ and ㅏ ➝ 와 [wa]
➍ 주어요: ㅜ and ㅓ ➝ 워 [wo]

So, can we do the same and just find a compound vowel that looks like the two vowels combined together?

➎ 다니어요: ㅣ and ㅓ ➝ 애 [e] ➝ 다내요

Wrong😱!

What is really important here is that, instead of looking at the vowels visually, we need to focus on the sounds they make combined together. If you try and say ㅣ and ㅓ fast, but in order, it doesn’t make a sound of 애 [e], it rather sounds more like ㅕ [yeo] (Try and say it yourself and see if this makes sense!). Therefore, the conjugation of the verb 다니다 is 다녀요.

Answer: 다녀요

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That’s it for today! I hope this cleared up any doubt you had about last week’s lesson🙏🏻.

Let me know what you didn’t get right and if you now understand why you didn’t get it right. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

Have a good rest of your week and I’ll talk to you again on Sunday!

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