LinguaThree tenses on one stem
Every verb now has three shapes. Present: stem plus 아요/어요 (먹어요). Past: the same with 았/었 inside (먹었어요). Future: stem plus (으)ㄹ 거예요 (먹을 거예요). The vowel rule decides 아 or 어 in the first two, and the final consonant decides ㄹ or 을 in the third. 하다 goes 해요, 했어요, 할 거예요. Beside them sit the wish 먹고 싶어요, the request 드세요 and the prohibition 먹지 마세요, all built on the unchanged stem.
The end of A1
With this checkpoint the first level closes. You read every syllable, introduce yourself, point at things and places, count and tell the time, describe a day in three tenses, and ask politely for what you want. A2 begins by joining these sentences together – and, but, because – and by meeting the verbs that bend the rules.
| Form | 가다 (to go) | 먹다 (to eat) | 하다 (to do) |
|---|---|---|---|
| present | 가요 | 먹어요 | 해요 |
| past | 갔어요 | 먹었어요 | 했어요 |
| future | 갈 거예요 | 먹을 거예요 | 할 거예요 |
| wish | 가고 싶어요 | 먹고 싶어요 | 하고 싶어요 |
| request | 가세요 | 드세요 | 하세요 |
| prohibition | 가지 마세요 | 먹지 마세요 | 하지 마세요 |
어제는 바빴어요. 내일은 쉴 거예요Yesterday I was busy. Tomorrow I will rest.
한국어를 더 배우고 싶어요I want to learn more Korean.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 어제 | yesterday | 어제 비가 왔어요 It rained yesterday. |
| 내일 | tomorrow | 내일은 쉴 거예요 Tomorrow I will rest. |
| 지난주 | last week | 지난주에 시험이 있었어요 There was an exam last week. |
| 다음 주 | next week | 다음 주에 만날 거예요 We will meet next week. |
| 계획 | plan | 방학 계획이 있어요? Do you have plans for the holidays? |
| 앉다 | to sit | 의자에 앉았어요 I sat on the chair. |
| 열다 | to open | 창문을 열었어요 I opened the window. |
| 재미있었어요 | was fun, was interesting | 주말이 재미있었어요 The weekend was fun. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 2
- translate the sentence: 1
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which is the past of 보다?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.