Essential Korean Grammar. Laura Kingdon
yeppeul geosida
Now let’s take a look at some of the more uncommon forms. You’ll most likely never hear these in real life. 하오체 and 하게체 are used only by older people (and on warning signs, in the case of [으]시오), while 해라체 is used by people talking either to themselves or to very young children. You may note that it’s very similar to the written style (문어체) listed above: in fact, in most respects, they’re the same. You have to show great respect to your audience while addressing a crowd verbally, which is almost always done in the super-polite 하십시오체 form, but none at all while addressing them in writing.
Sentence type | Tense | 하오체 haeche | 하게체 haeyoche | 해라체 muneoche |
Action verb statements ending in vowels | Past | 했소 haetso | 했네 haenne | 했다 haetda |
Present | 하오 hao | 하네 hane | 한다 handa | |
Future | 할 거요 hal geoyo | 할 거네 hal geone | 하겠다/할 것이다/할 거다 hagetda/hal geotsida/hal geoda | |
Action verb statements ending in consonants | Past | 먹었소 meogeotso | 먹었네 meogeonne | 먹었다 meogeotda |
Present | 먹소 meokso | 먹네 meokne | 먹다 meokda | |
Future | 먹을 거요 meogeul geoyo | 먹을 거네 meogeul geone | 먹겠다/먹을 것이다/먹을 거다 meokgetda/meogeul geosida/meogeul geoda | |
Descriptive verb statements ending in vowels | Past | 작았소 jagatso | 작았네 jaganne | 작았다 jagatda |
Present | 작소 jakso | 작네 jakne | 작다 jakda | |
Future | 작을 거요 jageul geoyo | 작을 거네 jageul geone |
작겠다/작을 것이다/작을 거다 jakgetda/jageul geosida/jageul |