Pay in Korean 🇰🇷

지불했다 info.

Word Breakdown:
• Base Verb: 지불하다 (“to pay”)
• Conjugated Form: 지불했다 is the simple past tense (“paid”)

Tips to Remember:
• Notice that 지불 combines “지” and “불”—you might link it to “payment” by memorizing it as a set block.
• Think of 하다 (“to do”) being added to a noun; here, “지불” (payment) becomes “to pay” when combined with 하다.
• Remember that 지불했다 means “did pay” or “paid” since 했어요 is the past form of 하다.

Similar Words:
• 내다 – a more general, common verb meaning “to pay.”
• 납부하다 – often used in formal or administrative contexts to mean “to pay” (e.g., taxes, fees).

Conjugations of 지불하다:
• Infinitive: 지불하다 (jibulhada) – “to pay”
• Present (Informal Low): 지불해 (jibulhae) “(someone) pays”
• Present (Formal): 지불합니다 (jibulhamnida)
• Past (Informal Low): 지불했다 (jibulhaetta) “(someone) paid”
• Past (Formal): 지불했습니다 (jibulhaetseumnida)
• Future (Informal Low): 지불할 거야 (jibulhal geoya) “(someone) will pay”
• Future (Formal): 지불할 것입니다 (jibulhal geosimnida)

Example Sentences:
• 나는 음식 값을 지불했다.
(Naneun eumsik gabsereul jibulhaetta.)
– I paid the cost of the food.
• 그는 계산대에서 지불한다.
(Geuneun gyesandaeeseo jibulhanda.)
– He pays at the cash register.
• 내일 택시 요금을 지불할 것이다.
(Naeil taegsi yogeumeul jibulhal geosida.)
– I will pay the taxi fare tomorrow.

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