The next big topic of grammar that I went over with Suyeon is Verbs and Tenses. All verbs are composed of two parts: the verb root and the ending. For example for the verb to go, the verb root is "kha" and the ending is "da". So the infinitive form of "to go" is "khada". The verb root usually stays consistent in past, present and future forms of the verbs whereas the ending changes depending on the tense. Therefore the different tense forms of "to go" is as follows:
Present: Kha
Past: Khasso
Future: khalkoya
Present continuous: khaguisso
All the above are used in informal situations. To make them formal, "yo" is added to the end of each form, sometimes with slight changes such as "khayo" and "khalkoaeyo". However, Korean conjugation of verbs is a little from that in English and French. In English, there are different forms of verbs for different tenses as well as for different subjects. However, in Korean there are different forms only for different tenses and they do not change for different subjects. For instance, "I go" is "choeneun khayo" and "he goes" is "ke khayo". This is very similar to Bengali as verbs are conjugated according to the tense rather than the subject.
Along with the rules of conjugation, I also learned 20 common verbs and practiced their conjugations.
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