Korean reference

돌보다

dolboda

to take care of

Regular · 24 form tables

Includes verbs and adjectives. Rows show speech levels and constructions, rather than personal pronouns. Honorific forms refer to a respected subject.

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Tense

Present

돌보다: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbwayotake care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbomnidatake care of
해체, casual level	dolbwatake care of
한다체, plain written level	dolbondatake care of

Past

돌보다: Past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbwasseoyotook care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbwatseumnidatook care of
해체, casual level	dolbwasseotook care of
한다체, plain written level	dolbwatdatook care of

Future

돌보다: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbol geoyeyowill take care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbol geomnidawill take care of
해체, casual level	dolbol geoyawill take care of
한다체, plain written level	dolbol geosidawill take care of

Intention / conjecture

돌보다: Intention / conjecture
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbogesseoyowill probably take care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbogetseumnidawill probably take care of
해체, casual level	dolbogesseowill probably take care of
한다체, plain written level	dolbogetdawill probably take care of

Progressive

돌보다: Progressive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbogo isseoyobe taking care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbogo itseumnidabe taking care of
해체, casual level	dolbogo isseobe taking care of
한다체, plain written level	dolbogo itdabe taking care of

Negative

Short negative

돌보다: Short negative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	an dolbwayodo not take care of
합니다체, formal polite level	an dolbomnidado not take care of
해체, casual level	an dolbwado not take care of
한다체, plain written level	an dolbondado not take care of

Long negative

돌보다: Long negative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolboji anayodo not take care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolboji anseumnidado not take care of
해체, casual level	dolboji anado not take care of
한다체, plain written level	dolboji anneundado not take care of

Endings

Honorific

돌보다: Honorific
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolboseyohe/she takes care of (honorific)
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbosimnidahe/she takes care of (honorific)
해체, casual level	dolbosyeohe/she takes care of (honorific)
한다체, plain written level	dolbosindahe/she takes care of (honorific)

Wish

돌보다: Wish
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbogo sipeoyoI want to take care of
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbogo sipseumnidaI want to take care of
해체, casual level	dolbogo sipeoI want to take care of
한다체, plain written level	dolbogo sipdaI want to take care of

Question

돌보다: Question
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbwayo?do you take care of?
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbomnikka?do you take care of?
해체, casual level	dolbwa?do you take care of?
한다체, plain written level	dolboni?do you take care of?

Past question

돌보다: Past question
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbwasseoyo?did you take care of?
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbwatseumnikka?did you take care of?
해체, casual level	dolbwasseo?did you take care of?
한다체, plain written level	dolbwanni?did you take care of?

Request

돌보다: Request
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolboseyotake care of!
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbosipsiotake care of!
해체, casual level	dolbwatake care of!
한다체, plain written level	dolbwaratake care of!

Proposal

돌보다: Proposal
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbwayolet's take care of!
합니다체, formal polite level	dolbopsidalet's take care of!
해체, casual level	dolbojalet's take care of!
한다체, plain written level	dolbojalet's take care of!

Promise

돌보다: Promise
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbolgeyoI will take care of
해체, casual level	dolbolgeI will take care of

Shall I?

돌보다: Shall I?
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
해요체, everyday polite level	dolbolkkayo?shall I take care of?
해체, casual level	dolbolkka?shall I take care of?

Linking

And

돌보다: And
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbogoI take care of, and

And so / because

돌보다: And so / because
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbwaseobecause I take care of

If

돌보다: If
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbomyeonif you take care of

But

돌보다: But
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbojimanI take care of, but

Because

돌보다: Because
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbonikkabecause I take care of

Background

돌보다: Background
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolboneundeI take care of (background)

Modifier

Present noun modifier

돌보다: Present noun modifier
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolboneuntake care of (before a noun)

Past noun modifier

돌보다: Past noun modifier
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbontook care of (before a noun)

Future noun modifier

돌보다: Future noun modifier
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Connecting / modifying form	dolbolwill take care of (before a noun)

Additional forms

Additional honorific forms

돌보다: Additional honorific forms
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
Saying it happened (았/었)	dolbosyeosseoyohe/she took care of (honorific)

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