{"id":3237,"date":"2015-05-25T07:21:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T07:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2017-12-04T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:59:29","slug":"learn-korean-past-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/learn-korean-past-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Korean Past Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you talk about something with your friends, lots of topics are already happened before. In the case, you need to use past tense instead of present tense. Most foreigners learn present tense first. So when they adopt to learn past tense after present tense, they have hard time to change it. Let me give you brief explanation how to change it. There are three kinds of verb in Korean: descriptive verb, action verb, and \uc774\ub2e4 verb. For D.V and A.V, you can mostly use this grammar rule \u201cV.S. + \uc544\/\uc5b4+\u3146+\ub2e4\/\uc694\u201d. Please read examples below.<\/p>\n<p>To eat\/ \uba39\ub2e4\/\uba39\uc5c8\ub2e4-\uba39\uc5c8\uc5b4\uc694 (\uba39\uc5c8\ub2e4 is infinitive of past tense. You need to change it to \uc694form which is speaking form)<\/p>\n<p>To wear\/ \uc785\ub2e4\/\uc785\uc5c8\ub2e4-\uc785\uc5c8\uc5b4\uc694<\/p>\n<p>To sleep\/\uc790\ub2e4\/\uc7a4\ub2e4-\uc7a4\uc5b4\uc694<\/p>\n<p>To be pretty\/\uc608\uc058\ub2e4\/\uc608\ubee4\ub2e4-\uc608\ubee4\uc5b4\uc694<\/p>\n<p>To be hurt\/\uc544\ud504\ub2e4\/\uc544\ud320\ub2e4-\uc544\ud320\uc5b4\uc694<\/p>\n<p>Only when there is ending consonant, use the \uc544\/\uc5b4 as you see the above examples.<\/p>\n<p>Irregular: To sing\/\ubd80\ub974\ub2e4\/\ubd88\ub800\ub2e4-\ubd88\ub800\uc5b4\uc694<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn Korean Ep. 15: Past Tense\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nVXPwBdOA1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"240\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/05\/13326965434_a2c5d0b378_m.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>When you talk about something with your friends, lots of topics are already happened before. In the case, you need to use past tense instead of present tense. Most foreigners learn present tense first. So when they adopt to learn past tense after present tense, they have hard time to change it. 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