🔑 One Verb, 46 Ways to Say It — Korean Verb Patterns
🎯 What You Will Be Able to Say
After this lesson, you can say all of these in Korean — with one verb. 46 patterns, 8 groups.
| ⏱️ Tense — I do · I did · I will do · I am doing | 13 |
| ❗ Obligation — I have to do · I don’t have to do | 6 |
| 👍 Advice — I should do · I should not do | 4 |
| 💪 Ability — I can do · I know how to do | 6 |
| 🔓 Permission — May I do? | 2 |
| 🤔 Guessing — I might do · It seems to | 5 |
| ❤️ Intention — I want to do · I plan to do | 5 |
| 🙏 Request — Please do · Let’s do · Shall we? | 5 |
🇵🇭 Pagkatapos ng lesson na ito, kaya mo nang sabihin ang lahat ng ito sa Korean — gamit ang isang verb lang. 46 patterns, 8 grupo.
📌 Why This Lesson Matters
You already know the verb 하다 (to do). But can you say “I will do”, “I have to do”, or “I might do” in Korean? In English, you add a word in front — will do, can do, should do. In Korean, you only change the ending. The front of the verb never moves.
🇵🇭 Alam mo na ang 하다 (to do). Pero kaya mo bang sabihin ang “I will do”, “I have to do”, o “I might do”? Sa English, may dinadagdag sa unahan. Sa Korean, ang dulo lang ang nagbabago.
📖 Before You Start
This lesson will be much easier if you have already studied these three. If any of them is new to you, open it first — then come back here. You will understand everything twice as fast.
🇵🇭 Mas magiging madali ang lesson na ito kung napag-aralan mo na ang tatlong ito. Kung bago sa iyo ang alinman, buksan mo muna — tapos balik ka dito.
🔑 The Golden Rule — Only 3 Shapes
All 46 patterns come from just three shapes of 하다.
The yellow part is the shape. Everything after it is the ending.
하고 있어요 ·
하려고 해요 ·
하고 싶어요 ·
하지 마세요
해야 해요 ·
해도 돼요 ·
해 주세요 ·
했어요
할 거예요 ·
할 수 있어요 ·
할지도 몰라요 ·
할까요?
🇵🇭 Tatlong anyo lang: 하 · 해 · 할. Ang dilaw ay ang anyo, ang kasunod ay ang ending.
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Step 1. Read the English first. The English meaning is at the top of the card. Read it, then stop.
Step 2. Think before you look. Ask yourself: “How do I say this in Korean?” Give yourself 3 seconds. This moment of thinking is where real learning happens.
Step 3. Check and listen. Now look at the red Korean text and press 🔊 Korean. Compare it with your answer. Repeat out loud — again and again.
Step 4. Review tomorrow. Come back the next day and do it again. Endings stick to your memory only through repetition.
📖 All 46 Verb Patterns
Save this page. Come back whenever you forget an ending.
🇵🇭 I-save mo ang page na ito. Balikan mo kapag nakalimutan mo ang ending.
⏱️ Tense — When did it happen?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 1. do | 해요 | [해요] |
| 2. don’t do | 안 해요 | [안 해요] |
| 3. did | 했어요 | [해써요] |
| 4. didn’t do | 안 했어요 | [안 해써요] |
| 5. am doing | 하고 있어요 | [하고 이써요] |
| 6. am not doing | 안 하고 있어요 | [안 하고 이써요] |
| 7. was doing | 하고 있었어요 | [하고 이써써요] |
| 8. will do | 할 거예요 | [할 꺼에요] |
| 9. will not do | 안 할 거예요 | [안 할 꺼에요] |
| 10. am going to do | 하려고 해요 | [하려고 해요] |
| 11. used to do | 하곤 했어요 | [하곤 해써요] |
| 12. have done before | 한 적이 있어요 | [한 저기 이써요] |
| 13. have never done | 한 적이 없어요 | [한 저기 업써요] |
❗ Obligation — Do I have to?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 14. have to do | 해야 해요 | [해야 해요] |
| 15. don’t have to do | 안 해도 돼요 | [안 해도 돼요] |
| 16. had to do | 해야 했어요 | [해야 해써요] |
| 17. must not do | 하면 안 돼요 | [하면 안 돼요] |
| 18. need to do | 할 필요가 있어요 | [할 피료가 이써요] |
| 19. don’t need to do | 할 필요가 없어요 | [할 피료가 업써요] |
👍 Advice — What is better?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 20. should do | 하는 게 좋아요 | [하는 게 조아요] |
| 21. should not do | 안 하는 게 좋아요 | [안 하는 게 조아요] |
| 22. should have done | 할걸 그랬어요 | [할껄 그래써요] |
| 23. had better do | 하는 게 낫겠어요 | [하는 게 낟께써요] |
💪 Ability — Can I do it?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 24. can do | 할 수 있어요 | [할 쑤 이써요] |
| 25. cannot do | 할 수 없어요 | [할 쑤 업써요] |
| 26. am not able to do | 못 해요 | [모태요] |
| 27. could do | 할 수 있었어요 | [할 쑤 이써써요] |
| 28. know how to do | 할 줄 알아요 | [할 쭐 아라요] |
| 29. don’t know how to do | 할 줄 몰라요 | [할 쭐 몰라요] |
🔓 Permission — Is it allowed?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 30. may do | 해도 돼요 | [해도 돼요] |
| 31. May I do? | 해도 돼요? | [해도 돼요] |
🤔 Guessing — Maybe?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 32. might do | 할지도 몰라요 | [할찌도 몰라요] |
| 33. might not do | 안 할지도 몰라요 | [안 할찌도 몰라요] |
| 34. will probably do | 할 것 같아요 | [할 껃 까타요] |
| 35. seems to do | 하는 것 같아요 | [하는 걷 까타요] |
| 36. probably did | 했을 거예요 | [해쓸 꺼에요] |
❤️ Intention — What do I want?
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 37. want to do | 하고 싶어요 | [하고 시퍼요] |
| 38. don’t want to do | 하고 싶지 않아요 | [하고 십찌 아나요] |
| 39. wanted to do | 하고 싶었어요 | [하고 시퍼써요] |
| 40. plan to do | 할 계획이에요 | [할 게회기에요] |
| 41. decided to do | 하기로 했어요 | [하기로 해써요] |
🙏 Request — Asking others
| English | Korean | Real Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 42. hate to do | 하기 싫어요 | [하기 시러요] |
| 43. Please do | 해 주세요 | [해 주세요] |
| 44. Please don’t do | 하지 마세요 | [하지 마세요] |
| 45. Let’s do | 합시다 | [합씨다] |
| 46. Shall we do? | 할까요? | [할까요] |
✏️ Self-Test
Cover the tables above. Can you say these in Korean?
🇵🇭 Takpan ang table sa taas. Kaya mo bang sabihin ang mga ito sa Korean?
| English | Your Answer (Korean) |
|---|---|
| 1. will do | |
| 2. have to do | |
| 3. cannot do | |
| 4. don’t want to do | |
| 5. Please don’t do | |
| 6. might do | |
| 7. Shall we do? | |
| 8. have never done | |
| 9. should do | |
| 10. am doing | |
| 11. may do | |
| 12. decided to do |
👉 Now Use These Endings With Real Verbs
Take any verb — 가다, 먹다, 일하다 — and change the ending the same way. 가다 → 갈 거예요, 가야 해요, 갈 수 있어요. That’s all you need.
🇵🇭 Kunin mo ang kahit anong verb — 가다, 먹다, 일하다 — at palitan ang dulo. Ganoon lang kadali!