Take care in Korean 🇰🇷

돌보다 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Associate “돌” (dol) with “stone” to recall something solid or reliable, and imagine that someone who takes care of you is as dependable as a stone.
• Note that “보다” (boda) usually means “to see” but in this compound verb it shifts to mean “to take care of” – so think “seeing to someone’s needs.”

Explanations:
• 돌보다 (dolboda) means “to take care of” or “to look after.”
• It is used when someone is responsibly caring for a person, animal, or even an object.

Synonyms:
• 보살피다 (bosalpida) – to tend to or care for
• 양육하다 (yangyukhada) – to raise or nurture

Conjugations:
• Infinitive (dictionary form): 돌보다 (dolboda)
• Present informal low: 돌봐 (dolbwa)
• Present polite: 돌봐요 (dolbwayo)
• Present formal: 돌봅니다 (dolbomnida)
• Past informal low: 돌봤어 (dolbwasseo)
• Past polite: 돌봤어요 (dolbwasseoyo)
• Future informal low: 돌볼 거야 (dolbol geoya)
• Future polite: 돌볼 거예요 (dolbol geoyeyo)
• Imperative (informal): 돌봐 (dolbwa)
• Imperative (polite): 돌보세요 (dolboseyo)

Examples in sentences:
• “I will take care of my little brother.”
– 나는 내 동생을 돌볼 거야. (naneun nae dongsaengeul dolbol geoya.)
• “Please take care of the baby.”
– 아기를 돌봐 주세요. (agireul dolbwa juseyo.)
• “She has taken very good care of her grandmother.”
– 그녀는 할머니를 아주 잘 돌봤어. (geunyeoneun halmeonireul aju jal dolbwasseo.)
• “They are looking after the stray animal.”
– 그들은 길 잃은 동물을 돌보고 있어요. (geudeureun gil ireun dongmureul dolbogo isseoyo.)

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