Weekly Korean Episode 44 – Past tense
2 Oct
How to say, “I ate”? We learned how to express verbs in last weeks episode, so now we’ll continue with time. In todays episode, Nahyun and Joop will cover the past tense. The present and future tense will follow next weeks.
Examples:
- I ate: 먹다 먹 + 어 – 먹어 먹어 + ㅆ – 먹었 먹었 + 어요 = 먹었어요.
- I drank: 마시다 마시 + 어 – 마셔 마셔 + ㅆ – 마셨 마셨 + 어요 = 마셨어요
- I went: 가다 가 + 아 – 가 가 + ㅆ – 갔 갔 + 어요 = 갔어요

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