Lesson 3

Past Tense: 았/었어요

Turn present tense sentences into past tense using 았/었어요.

Same vowel rule as present: if stem vowel is ㅏ/ㅗ → 았어요, otherwise → 었어요, 하다 → 했어요. Just replace 아요/어요 with 았어요/었어요.

가요 → 갔어요gayo → gasseoyogo → went

먹어요 → 먹었어요meogeoyo → meogeosseoyoeat → ate

해요 → 했어요haeyo → haesseoyodo → did

Time Words for Past Tense

Common time words: 어제 (yesterday), 지난주 (last week), 지난달 (last month), 작년 (last year), 아까 (a while ago), 방금 (just now).

아까 점심을 먹었어요.akka jeomsimeul meogeosseoyoI ate lunch a while ago.

작년에 일본에서 왔어요.jangnyeone ilboneseo wasseoyoI came from Japan last year.

어제eojeyesterday

Examples어제 비가 왔어요.eoje biga wasseoyoIt rained yesterday.

지난주jinanjulast week

Examples지난주에 부산에 갔어요.jinanjue busane gasseoyoI went to Busan last week.

사다sadato buy

Examples새 가방을 샀어요.sae gabangeul sasseoyoI bought a new bag.

만나다mannadato meet

Examples오랜 친구를 만났어요.oraen chingureul mannasseoyoI met an old friend.

요리하다yorihadato cook

Examples저녁을 요리했어요.jeonyeogeul yorihaesseoyoI cooked dinner.

재미있다jaemiitdato be fun / interesting

Examples그 영화가 재미있었어요.geu yeonghwaga jaemiisseosseoyoThat movie was fun.