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새우다 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Notice that “새우” is also the noun for “shrimp.” Picture a shrimp “setting up” its tiny restaurant to remind you that 새우다 means “to set up” or “to establish.”
• The sound “sae-” in 새우다 can cue you to think of “starting something new” that you then “set up.”

Explanations:
• 새우다 is a verb meaning “to set up, establish, or erect” (similar in meaning to 세우다).
• It is used when talking about establishing a business, putting up a building, or instituting an event.

Other words with a similar meaning:
• 세우다 – to set up or erect
• 설치하다 – to install
• 건립하다 – to build or construct

Conjugations (infinitive form: 새우다 [sae-u-da]):
• Dictionary form: 새우다 (sae-u-da)
• Informal low (반말): 새워 (sae-wo)
• Present tense polite: 새워요 (sae-wo-yo)
• Past tense polite: 새웠어요 (sae-wo-ssŏ-yo)
• Future tense polite: 새울 거예요 (sae-ul geo-ye-yo)
• Present progressive: 새우고 있어요 (sae-u-go i-sseo-yo)
• Imperative (command): 새워 (sae-wo)

Example sentences:
1. 나는 새로 오픈한 카페를 새워요.
(Naneun saero open-han ka-pe-reul sae-wo-yo.)
→ I set up a newly opened cafe.
2. 그 회사는 지난 해에 본사의 건물을 새웠어요.
(Geu hoe-sa-neun ji-nan hae-e bon-sa-ui geon-mul-eul sae-wo-ssŏ-yo.)
→ The company set up its headquarters building last year.
3. 내일 큰 행사를 위해 무대를 새울 거예요.
(Nae-il keun haeng-sa-reul wi-hae mu-dae-reul sae-ul geo-ye-yo.)
→ We will set up the stage for the big event tomorrow.

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