This document provides a lesson on forming sentences in the past tense in Korean. It explains that the past tense follows a similar format to the present tense, removing the "다" ending and adding an appropriate ending based on the last vowel of the verb. Some example conjugations are provided like "가다" to "갔어요" for "to go" and "to went". The lesson emphasizes that the past tense follows the same rules as the present tense in terms of vowel or consonant endings. It concludes by recapping the different tenses learned so far.

1. Korean Lessons 4
Suganthi J

2. Introduction
• 안녕하세요! It’s your Korean teacher,
Suganthi.
• In previous lesson, we learned about present
tense and progressive (Continuous) tense. I
hope you have practiced it. If not, please do so
until you get it right!
• In today’s lesson, we will learn about past
tense. This is similar to present tense so this
lesson will be kinda short.

3. Past tense
• the present tense and the past tense carry the
same format, in that the syllable '다' is removed
from the end of a finite verb, and the appropriate
ending is applied, according to the final vowel.
• Like the present tense, there are three possible
endings to be used. These endings are quite
similar to those of the present tense.
• There is simply an added syllable at the middle.

4. Past tense
Each is to be used in the
same manner as in the case
of the present tense.
가다 - to go
갔어요. - I/he/she/you
went.
먹다 - to eat
먹었어요. - I/he/she/you
ate.
하다 - to do
했어요. - I/he/she/you did.
말하다 - to speak
말했어요. - I/he/she/you
spoke.
In the translations, only I, he, she, and you are
used. However, they, we, and it can also be
used. So that '갔어요' also means 'They/we/it
went'.

5. Past tense
• As mentioned before, present and past tense
follow the same rule. If the verb ends with
vowel, it follows a-sseo-yo. If it ends with
consonant, it follows eo-sseo-yo. The third is
followed if 하다 comes after a word.
• 하다 is added to change a noun to action. Gor
example, 공부 is study and 공부하다
indicates the action, i.e., to study.

6. Conclusion
• So that is it for this lesson, Now you know how
to make a sentence with present, past and
progressive tenses. Please ask if you have any
doubts. I’ll be happy to help!
• 안녕히 가세요. Bye bye!