Infinitive
말하다
Verb Type
regular verb
Declarative Present
| informal low | 말해 |
| informal high | 말해요 |
| formal low | 말한다 |
| formal high | 말합니다 |
| informal low | mahl-hae |
| informal high | mahl-hae-yoh |
| formal low | mahl-hahn-dah |
| formal high | mahl-hahm-nee-dah |
Declarative Past
| past base | 말했 |
| informal low | 말했어 |
| informal high | 말했어요 |
| formal low | 말했다 |
| formal high | 말했습니다 |
| past base | mahl-haet |
| informal low | mahl-hae-ssuh |
| informal high | mahl-hae-ssuh-yoh |
| formal low | mahl-hae-ttah |
| formal high | mahl-hae-sseum-nee-dah |
Declarative Future
| future base | 말할 |
| informal low | 말할 거야 |
| informal high | 말할 거예요 |
| formal low | 말할 거다 |
| formal high | 말할 겁니다 |
| conditional informal low | 말하겠어 |
| conditional informal high | 말하겠어요 |
| conditional formal low | 말하겠다 |
| conditional formal high | 말하겠습니다 |
| future base | mahl-hahl |
| informal low | mahl-hahl- -guh-yah |
| informal high | mahl-hahl- -guh-yae-yoh |
| formal low | mahl-hahl- -guh-dah |
| formal high | mahl-hahl- -guhm-nee-dah |
| conditional informal low | mahl-hah-gae-ssuh |
| conditional informal high | mahl-hah-gae-ssuh-yoh |
| conditional formal low | mahl-hah-gae-ttah |
| conditional formal high | mahl-hah-gae-sseum-nee-dah |
Inquisitive Present
| informal low | 말해? |
| informal high | 말해요? |
| formal low | 말하니? |
| formal high | 말합니까? |
| informal low | mahl-hae-? |
| informal high | mahl-hae-yoh-? |
| formal low | mahl-hah-nee-? |
| formal high | mahl-hahm-nee-ggah-? |
Inquisitive Past
| informal low | 말했어? |
| informal high | 말했어요? |
| formal low | 말했니? |
| formal high | 말했습니까? |
| informal low | mahl-hae-ssuh-? |
| informal high | mahl-hae-ssuh-yoh-? |
| formal low | mahl-haen-nee-? |
| formal high | mahl-hae-sseum-nee-ggah-? |
Imperative
| present informal low | 말해 |
| present informal high | 말하세요 |
| present formal low | 말해라 |
| present formal high | 말하십시오 |
| present informal low | mahl-hae |
| present informal high | mahl-hah-sae-yoh |
| present formal low | mahl-hae-rah |
| present formal high | mahl-hah-sheep-shee-oh |
Propositive
| present informal low | 말해 |
| present informal high | 말해요 |
| present formal low | 말하자 |
| present formal high | 말합시다 |
| present informal low | mahl-hae |
| present informal high | mahl-hae-yoh |
| present formal low | mahl-hah-chah |
| present formal high | mahl-hahp-shee-dah |
Misc
| connective if | 말하면 |
| connective and | 말하고 |
| nominal ing | 말함 |
| connective if | mahl-hah-myuhn |
| connective and | mahl-hah-goh |
| nominal ing | mahl-hahm |
Verbs conjugated like 말하다
가다,
가르치다,
가리키다,
가져가다,
가져오다,
가지다,
갈아입다,
갈아타다,
감다,
감사하다,
감추다,
강조하다,
갖추다,
개발하다,
거두다,
거짓말하다,
걱정하다,
건너다,
걸리다,
걸어가다, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Translations
pronounce, to pronounce
say, to pronounce
sound, to pronounce
talk, to communicate by speech
speak, to communicate with one's voice using words
tell, to pass information
tell, to say
tell, to discern, notice, identify or distinguish
narrate, to relate a story
mention, make a short reference to something
Sample Sentences
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한국어로 말하자! (Let's talk in Korean! (colloquial))
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날 사랑한다고 말해줘. (Tell me you love me. (colloquial))
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네가 여기 있다고 그녀에게 말해. (Tell her you’re here.)
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어제 일은 미안하다고 말하고 싶어요. — 괜찮아요. 아나. (I want to say I’m sorry for yesterday. — It’s okay, Anna.)
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[2016, VOA Learning English, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2018:]
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이 상황을 어떻게 말해야지? (How do I explain this situation? (colloquial))
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왕 씨는 그 지역이 어떻게 변화했는지에 대해서 말했다. (Wang spoke of how the area had changed.)