-아요/-어요 – The Polite Present Tense

가다 → 가요

To go → go (stem with ㅏ takes 아요; the vowels merge)

오다 → 와요

To come → come (ㅗ + 아요 becomes 와요)

보다 → 봐요

To see → see

사다 → 사요

To buy → buy

자다 → 자요

To sleep → sleep

만나다 → 만나요

To meet → meet

앉다 → 앉아요

To sit → sit

받다 → 받아요

To receive → receive

살다 → 살아요

To live → live

좋다 → 좋아요

To be good → is good

먹다 → 먹어요

To eat → eat (other vowels take 어요)

읽다 → 읽어요

To read → read

있다 → 있어요

To have, to be → have, there is

없다 → 없어요

To not have → don't have

입다 → 입어요

To wear → wear

마시다 → 마셔요

To drink → drink (ㅣ + 어요 becomes 여요)

기다리다 → 기다려요

To wait → wait

배우다 → 배워요

To learn → learn (ㅜ + 어요 becomes 워요)

주다 → 줘요

To give → give

쉬다 → 쉬어요

To rest → rest

서다 → 서요

To stand → stand

하다 → 해요

To do → do (하다 always becomes 해요)

공부하다 → 공부해요

To study → study

일하다 → 일해요

To work → work

좋아하다 → 좋아해요

To like → like

저는 매일 커피를 마셔요

I drink coffee every day

학교에 가요

I go to school

친구를 만나요

I meet a friend

지금 뭐 해요?

What are you doing now?

영화를 봐요

I'm watching a film

책을 읽어요

I'm reading a book

서울에 살아요

I live in Seoul

밥 먹어요?

Are you eating? (the same form works for statements, questions and suggestions)

안 가요

I don't go (안 before the verb makes it negative)

못 가요

I can't go

공부 안 해요

I don't study (안 goes before 해요 in 하다 verbs)

같이 가요

Let's go together

한국어를 배워요

I'm learning Korean

버스를 기다려요

I'm waiting for the bus

주말에 쉬어요

I rest at the weekend