To say in Korean 🇰🇷

말씀했어요 info.

Tips to remember:
• Notice that 말씀 (malsseum) is the honorific form of 말 (mal, "word/speech"). Connecting it with 하다 (hada, "to do") helps you think of it as “to speak/say” in a respectful way.
• The ending 했어요 (haesseoyo) is a common polite past tense marker, so whenever you see this, recall that it indicates a past action.

Explanations:
• 말씀하다 (malsseumhada) is the honorific verb meaning “to say” or “to speak” in a respectful form.
• 말씀했어요 (malsseumhaesseoyo) is the polite past form, used when referring respectfully to someone’s words.

Other words with similar meaning:
• 말하다 (malhada) – a less formal, non-honorific form meaning “to say” or “to speak.”
• 이야기하다 (iyagihada) – meaning “to talk” or “to have a conversation” (context-dependent).

Conjugations of 말씀하다 (malsseumhada):
• Infinitive: 말씀하다 (to say/speak respectfully)
• Present (Polite): 말씀해요 (malsseumhaeyo) – “says/speaks”
• Past (Polite): 말씀했어요 (malsseumhaesseoyo) – “said/spoke”
• Future (Polite): 말씀하실 거예요 (malsseumhasil geoyeyo) – “will say/speak”
• Present (Honorific Formal): 말씀하십니다 (malsseumhasimnida)
• Past (Honorific Formal): 말씀하셨습니다 (malsseumhasyeosseumnida)
• Future (Honorific Formal): 말씀하실 것입니다 (malsseumhasil geosimnida)

Example sentences:
1. 저는 어제 선생님께 말씀했어요.
(Jeoneun eoje seonsaengnimkke malsseumhaesseoyo.)
“I spoke to the teacher yesterday.”

2. 할머니께서 중요한 말씀하셨어요.
(Halmeonikkeseo jungyohan malsseumhasyeosseoyo.)
“Grandmother said something important.”

3. 회의 중에 사장님께서 새로운 계획에 대해 말씀하셨어요.
(Hoeui junge sajangnimkkeoseo saeroun gyehoeg-e daehae malsseumhasyeosseoyo.)
“During the meeting, the boss spoke about the new plan.”

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