Practice conjugating words into the past tense
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| Do you know how to talk about the past in Korean? |
| Welcome to Three Step Korean Practice by KoreanClass101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to talk about the past. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Yu Yeona is speaking to a hotel receptionist in the lobby. |
| 지난주에 유연아로 예약했어요. |
| Jinanjue Yuyeonaro yeyakhaesseoyo. |
| I made a reservation last week under the name Yu Yeona. |
| 알겠습니다. 2일로 예약 확인했습니다. |
| Algetseumnida. I illo veyak hwaginhaetseumnida. |
| Understood. I’ve confirmed your reservation for two days. |
| 예약했어요 (yeyakhaesseoyo) means “reserved” as in “I made a reservation.” It's the past tense of 예약하다, "to reserve." |
| 했어요 [circle 했어요] is used to conjugate it to the past tense because 예약하다 ends with 하다 (hada) [underline 하다]. |
| That becomes the "ha" in "하였어요" [circle 하였어요]. |
| Words whose syllables end with sounds other than 하다 are conjugated using other forms. Let’s practice this grammar more in this lesson. |
| Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. Ready? |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 (pause with a tap of the finger) |
| (Jeoneun masinneun achimeul…) |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 (pause with a tap of the finger) |
| 먹었어요 (meogeosseoyo) |
| 먹었어요 |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요 (Jeoneun masinneun achimeul meogeosseoyo) |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요 |
| I had a delicious breakfast. |
| Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. Ready? |
| 저는 선물을 (pause with a tap of the finger) |
| (Jeoneun seonmureul…) |
| 저는 선물을 (pause with a tap of the finger) |
| 샀어요 (sasseoyo) |
| sasseoyo |
| 저는 선물을 샀어요 (Jeoneun seonmureul sasseoyo) |
| 저는 선물을 샀어요 |
| I bought a gift |
| Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. Ready? |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 (pause with a tap of the finger) |
| (Je namdongsaengeun yagureul…) |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 (pause with a tap of the finger) |
| 하였어요 (hayeosseoyo) |
| 하였어요 |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 하였어요 (Je namdongsaengeun yagureul hayeosseoyo) |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 하였어요 |
| My younger brother played baseball. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| 지난주에 유연아로 (예약했어요 or 예약하았어요). |
| Jinanjue Yuyeonaro (yeyakhaesseoyo or yeyakhaasseoyo). |
| 지난주에 유연아로 (예약했어요 or 예약하았어요). |
| 예약했어요 (yeyakhaesseoyo) |
| 예약했어요 |
| 지난주에 유연아로 예약했어요 (Jinanjue Yuyeonaro yeyakhaesseoyo) |
| 지난주에 유연아로 예약했어요 |
| I made a reservation last week under the name Yu Yeona. |
| The "했어요 (haesseoyo)" ending is used here because 예약하다 (yeyakhada) ends in "-하다 (hada)," and "했어요" is shortened from "하였어요 (hayeosseoyo)" that applies to words which end in "-하다 (hada)." |
| Let's go to the next one. |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 (봤어요 or 보었어요). |
| Urineun gwiyeoun gangajireul (bwasseoyo or boeosseoyo). |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 (봤어요 or 보었어요). |
| 봤어요 (bwasseoyo) |
| 봤어요 |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요. (Urineun gwiyeoun gangajireul bwasseoyo.) |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요. |
| We saw a cute puppy. |
| The last syllable of the stem, "보 (bo)," includes ㅗ (o). Because of that, 보다 (boda) is conjugated with "았어요 (asseoyo)," the ending used for stems which include ㅏ (a) or ㅗ (o). Combined, the word is "봤어요 (bwasseoyo)." |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| 선 (seon) |
| 선물 (seonmul) |
| 선물을 (seonmuleol) |
| 선물을 샀 (seonmuleol sass) |
| 선물을 샀어 (seonmuleol sasseo |
| 선물을 샀어요. (seonmuleol sasseoyo) |
| I bought a gift. |
| 선물을 샀어요. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Korean. |
| Translate "I had a delicious breakfast." into Korean. |
| 저 (Jeo). It means "I" in Korean. |
| followed by |
| 는 (neun). The topic marking particle. |
| next |
| (맛있는) masinneun. delicious. |
| followed by |
| (아침을) achimeul. breakfast. |
| Lastly |
| 먹었어요 (meogeosseoyo). The past tense of "to eat," but here, we translate it to "had a," as in "I had a meal." |
| Because 먹 (meok) does not include "ㅏ (a) or ㅗ (o)" in its final syllable, it is conjugated with "었어요 (eosseoyo)" |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요. (Jeoneun masinneun achimeul meogeosseoyo.) |
| "I had a delicious breakfast." |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요. |
| Translate "My younger brother played baseball." into Korean. |
| 제 (Je). My. |
| followed by |
| 남동생 (namdongsaeng). Younger brother. |
| next |
| 은 (eun). The topic marking particle. |
| followed by |
| 야구를 (yagureul). Baseball. |
| Lastly |
| 했어요 (Haesseoyo). Did, translated in this situation to "played". |
| The stem of 했어요 (haesseoyo) is 하 (ha), so it is conjugated with 하였어요 (hayeosseoyo). |
| Then, because 하였어요 is shortened in normal use, it becomes haesseoyo. |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 했어요. (Je namdongsaengeun yagureul haesseoyo.) |
| My younger brother played baseball. |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 했어요. |
| Translate "We saw a cute puppy." into Korean. |
| 우리 (Uri). we. |
| followed by |
| 는 (neun). The topic marking particle. |
| next |
| 귀여운 (gwiyeoun). cute. |
| followed by |
| 강아지를 (gangajireul). Puppy. |
| Finally, |
| 봤어요 (Bwasseoyo). Saw. |
| We use 봤어요 because the stem is "bo," which contains "ㅗ (o)" in its final syllable. |
| Because of that, 보다 (boda) is conjugated with "았어요 (asseoyo)," the ending used for stems which include ㅏ (a) or ㅗ (o). |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요 (Urineun gwiyeoun gangajireul bwasseoyo). |
| We saw a cute puppy. |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요. |
| Listen as I speak. Which verb is being used in each sentence? |
| 저는 선물을 샀어요. (Jeoneun seonmureul sasseoyo.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| 저는 선물을 샀어요. |
| Which verb was used in the sentence? |
| Did you hear, 샀어요 (sasseoyo)? 샀어요 means bought. |
| 저는 선물을 샀어요. |
| "I bought a gift." |
| How about...? |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 했어요 (Je namdongsaengeun yagureul haesseoyo). |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 했어요. |
| Did you hear, 했어요 (haesseoyo)? 했어요 means played. |
| 제 남동생은 야구를 했어요. |
| "My younger brother played baseball." |
| Next... |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요 (Urineun gwiyeoun gangajireul bwasseoyo). |
| One more time. |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요. |
| Did you hear, 봤어요 (bwasseoyo)? 봤어요 means saw. |
| 우리는 귀여운 강아지를 봤어요. |
| "We saw a cute puppy." |
| Next... |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요 (Jeoneun masinneun achimeul meogeosseoyo). |
| One more time. |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요. |
| Did you hear, 먹었어요 (meogeosseoyo)? 먹었어요 means ate, or "had a meal." |
| 저는 맛있는 아침을 먹었어요. |
| "I ate a delicious breakfast." |
| And... |
| 지난주에 유연아로 예약했어요. (Jinanjue Yuyeonaro yeyakhaesseoyo.) |
| One more time. |
| 지난주에 유연아로 예약했어요. |
| Did you hear, 예약했어요 (yeyakhaesseoyo)? 예약했어요 means "made a reservation". |
| 지난주에 유연아로 예약했어요. |
| "I made a reservation last week under the name Yu Yeona." |
| Now you know how to talk about the past in Korean. 잘 가요 (jal gayo)! |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to talk about the past. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
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