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    To conjugate Korean verbs into the past tense, you remove the verb's "다" ending to get the stem, then add one of three possible past tense endings - "았어요", "었어요", or "였어요". The ending you choose depends on vowel rules - you use "았어요" if the stem ends in certain vowels, "었어요" if not those vowels, and "였어요" if the verb ends in "하다". This process is demonstrated with the example verbs "살다" (to live), "먹다" (to eat), and "일하다" (to work).

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    To conjugate Korean verbs into the past tense, you remove the verb's "다" ending to get the stem, then add one of three possible past tense endings - "았어요", "었어요", or "였어요". The ending you choose depends on vowel rules - you use "았어요" if the stem ends in certain vowels, "었어요" if not those vowels, and "였어요" if the verb ends in "하다". This process is demonstrated with the example verbs "살다" (to live), "먹다" (to eat), and "일하다" (to work).

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    To conjugate Korean verbs into the past tense, you remove the verb's "다" ending to get the stem, then add one of three possible past tense endings - "았어요", "었어요", or "였어요". The ending you choose depends on vowel rules - you use "았어요" if the stem ends in certain vowels, "었어요" if not those vowels, and "였어요" if the verb ends in "하다". This process is demonstrated with the example verbs "살다" (to live), "먹다" (to eat), and "일하다" (to work).

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    Korean Past Tense


    To make the past tense in Korean you must take the basic
    'dictionary form' of a verb (e.g. 먹다
    [meok-da] = to eat) and
    conjugate it together with the correct ending.

    Step 1
    Remove 다
    from the verb so you are left with the verb stem.
    For example, if you drop 다
    from 먹다
    [meok-da] you're left with 먹
    [meok].

    Step 2
    Add one of the following endings: / 았어요 었어요 였어요
    / .
    The ending you add depends on the conjugation rules below.

    Past Tense Conjugation Rules

    았어요 었어요 였어요


    Add 았어요 if the last Add 었어요 if the last Add 였어요 if the verb
    vowel in the verb stem is vowel in the verb stem is ends in 하다.
    ㅏ ㅗ or . ㅏ ㅗ
    NOT or .

    Example: Example: Example:


    살다 [sal-da] = to live 먹다 [meok-da] = to eat 일하다 [il-ha-da] = to work
    살다 먹다 일하다
    + + +
    았어요 었어요 였어요
    = = =
    살았어요 먹었어요 일했어요
    (lived) (ate) (worked)

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