my-korean1-2nd-ed

UNIT 5 이번 토요일에 뭐 하세요?
one syllable:
오 + 아 와 come/comes/is coming, etc
주 + 어 줘 give/gives/is giving, etc
If the stem ends in 하: 하 → 해
하 해 do/does/am doing, etc.
공부하 공부해 study/studies/am studying, etc.
이야기하 이야기해 talk/talks/am talking, etc.
This rule is useful when you look up unknown words in the dictionary. Don’t
worry too much about having to remember these rules. The best way at this
stage is to memorize both stem and ending together.
2) Polite form
Polite form is constructed in the same way as casual form except that you
add 요 at the end.
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살 + 아 살아 + 요 살아요 live/lives/is living, etc
먹 + 어 먹어 + 요 먹어요 eat/eats/is eating, etc
3) Honorific form
There are rules for forming honorific form depending on whether the verb
stem ends in a consonant or vowel.
If the verb stem ends in a vowel: +세요
가 +세요 가세요 go/goes/ is going, etc
If the verb stem ends in a consonant: +으세요
앉 +으세요 앉으세요 sit/sits/is sitting, etc
Refer to the verb table on the following pages to see the three different forms
for a range of verbs.