This is a video on how to conjugate Korean (a) verbs into the past tense. There are 3 types of verbs in Korean: (ha-da) verbs, which have verb roots that end in (ha), (a) verbs which have verb roots that end in a syllable that contains (o) or (a), and (eo) verbs whose verb roots end in a syllable that contains any vowel except (o) or (a).
You will find videos for the other two types of verbs in the description. LET'S LEARN OUR PAST TENSE CONJUGATION OF (A) VERBS.
The best way to memorizes verbs is in their infinitive form. That's the form that ends in (-da) and roughly translates to "to verb". For example: (an-da) "to hug", (ga-da) "to go", (bo-da) "to see". As I was saying, memorize the infinitive forms and then you can conjugate them into whatever tense you want. Today we will conjugate into the past tense. To do that ... first remove the (-da), then to the root verb you add a past tense ending. and here they are:
았어, 았어요, 았습니다
in order of most casual to most formal.
So we add these past tense endings to each of our verb roots. If the verb root ended in a consonant we are done. We've made the past tense! If the verb root ended in a vowel we need to combine the vowels. There are two possible vowels. They are (a) and (o).
If it is an (a) your two (a)'s combine into one. If it is (o) the (o) and (a) combine into (wa).
So that is how you make the past tense of an (a) verb. You need to memorize these endings and remember how to combine the vowels.
Now let's make sentences I hugged, I went, I saw.
the word for I is na in the casual form and jeo in the polite/formal form
So we add that in front of our verbs, and then we top it off with subject markers just like we did in the present tense. We can use neun/eun if we want to emphasize the verb or i/ga if we want to emphasize the subject. the neun and the ga are for subjects that end in vowels and the eun and the i are for subjects that end in consonants. If you want a more detailed explanation of subject markers that is linked in the description.
please use my list of a verbs to practice conjugating into the past tense and to learn vocabulary. /you'll be glad you did. You can find the past tense forms in the comments section to check if you did it correctly. enjoy my useful links in the description and jal gyeseyo my fellow students. Thank you for studying with me.
WATCH THE LESSON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWjOuDZW5QM
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