To collect in Korean 🇰🇷

모으다 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Associate 모으다 (mo-eu-da) with “more” items; imagine that when you want more of something, you collect (모으다) them all together.

Explanation:
• 모으다 means “to collect” or “to gather” items together. It implies actively accumulating objects, ideas, or even people.

Other words with similar meanings:
• 수집하다 (su-jip-ha-da) – to collect, often used when referring to collecting items like stamps or coins.
• 집합하다 (jip-hap-ha-da) – to gather or assemble, though more often used for meetings or groups rather than objects.

Conjugations:
Infinitive: 모으다 (mo-eu-da)
• Present tense (informal polite): 모아요 (mo-a-yo)
• Past tense (informal polite): 모았어요 (mo-ass-eo-yo)
• Future tense (informal polite): 모을 거예요 (mo-eul geo-ye-yo)
• Continuous form: 모으고 있어요 (mo-eu-go i-sseo-yo)
• Imperative (polite): 모으세요 (mo-eu-se-yo)
• Past participle (adjective form): 모은 (mo-un)

Example sentences:
1. I am collecting coins.
나는 동전을 모으고 있어요.
(Na-neun dong-jeon-eul mo-eu-go i-sseo-yo.)

2. She collects rare stamps.
그녀는 희귀한 우표를 모아요.
(Geu-nyeo-neun hui-gwi-han u-pyo-reul mo-a-yo.)

3. They collected seashells at the beach.
그들은 해변에서 조개들을 모았어요.
(Geu-deul-eun hae-byeon-e-seo jo-gae-deul-eul mo-ass-eo-yo.)

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