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Piryohada Conjugation

필요하다 (piryohada) means "to need" in Korean. Simplest present: (subject often dropped; pronoun + 는/은 or 이/가 when stated) 필요해요 (piryohaeyo). Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.

Simplest present 현재 시제 (hyeonjae sije)

Drop -다 from the dictionary form and add -아요/어요. 가다's stem 가- ends in the bright vowel ㅏ, so it takes -아요, contracting 가+아요 to 가요.

(subject often dropped; pronoun + 는/은 or 이/가 when stated)

필요해요 (piryohaeyo)

Simplest past 과거 시제 (gwageo sije)

Insert -았/었- before the polite ending: 가- + -았- + -어요 becomes 갔어요.

(subject often dropped; pronoun + 는/은 or 이/가 when stated)

필요했어요 (piryohaesseoyo)

Simplest future 미래 시제 (mirae sije)

Add -(으)ㄹ 거예요 ("going to / will") to the stem: 가- + -ㄹ 거예요 becomes 갈 거예요.

(subject often dropped; pronoun + 는/은 or 이/가 when stated)

필요할 거예요 (piryohal geoyeyo)

Examples

여권이 필요해요. Yeogwoni piryohaeyo.	I need a passport.
도움이 필요했어요. Doumi piryohaesseoyo.	I needed help.

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