Korean verb · regular · first needed at beginner level (A1)
오다
oda
to come
오- + -아요 merge into (wayo). Also used for rain and snow: (biga wayo), it's raining. The honorific is (osida), as in (eoseo oseyo), welcome.
Speed:
Present
현재
Now, habits and the near future. Polite is the everyday default; formal is for speeches, announcements and service; casual is for close friends and family.
| polite | 와요wayo | |
|---|---|---|
| formal | 옵니다omnida | |
| casual | 와wa | |
| polite negative | 안 와요an wayo |
Past
과거
Something that happened or is finished; also “have done”.
| polite | 왔어요wasseoyo | |
|---|---|---|
| formal | 왔습니다watseumnida | |
| casual | 왔어wasseo | |
| polite negative | 안 왔어요an wasseoyo |
Future
미래
Plans and intentions with -(으)ㄹ 거예요; with other people or things as the subject, often a guess.
| polite | 올 거예요ol geoyeyo | |
|---|---|---|
| formal | 올 겁니다ol geomnida | |
| casual | 올 거야ol geoya | |
| polite negative | 안 올 거예요an ol geoyeyo |
Progressive
진행
On the way here right now, or rain or snow falling (-고 있다).
| polite | 오고 있어요ogo isseoyo | |
|---|---|---|
| formal | 오고 있습니다ogo itseumnida | |
| casual | 오고 있어ogo isseo | |
| polite negative | 안 오고 있어요an ogo isseoyo |
Request
명령
Asking someone to do something. The formal form is for announcements and signs; -지 마세요 means “please don't”.
| polite | 오세요oseyo | |
|---|---|---|
| formal | 오십시오osipsio | |
| casual | 와wa | |
| don't (polite) | 오지 마세요oji maseyo |
Examples
- 비가 와요.Biga wayo.It's raining.
- 언제 왔어요?Eonje wasseoyo?When did you come?
- 어서 오세요.Eoseo oseyo.Welcome.