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korean_wotdThis verb suffix is one used to express the past tense. With descriptive verbs, it denotes a past state:
날씨가 아주 포근했어요.
The weather was quite nice and warm.
(Note that 하다 is showing its irregular conjugation again.)
With action verbs, it can mean a past action, as in:
나는 공을 찼다.
I kicked the ball.
Or it can mean a present state that has resulted from a past, completed action, as in:
나는 결혼했다.
I got married.
I am married.
Which of these two—got married, or am married—depends on the context. Using Korean also gives 잘 생겼다 as another example of this suffix used to describe a present state. It uses the past tense with the verb 생기다 "be created, formed" to describe the present state "is handsome."
날씨가 아주 포근했어요.
The weather was quite nice and warm.
(Note that 하다 is showing its irregular conjugation again.)
With action verbs, it can mean a past action, as in:
나는 공을 찼다.
I kicked the ball.
Or it can mean a present state that has resulted from a past, completed action, as in:
나는 결혼했다.
I got married.
I am married.
Which of these two—got married, or am married—depends on the context. Using Korean also gives 잘 생겼다 as another example of this suffix used to describe a present state. It uses the past tense with the verb 생기다 "be created, formed" to describe the present state "is handsome."
