박아
bah-gah
baga
regular
박다
To say to drive politely in the present tense, use 박아요 (bah-gah-yoh) · bagayo. Below is the full conjugation of 박다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
Grammar note (regular): Regular verbs and adjectives conjugate predictably. Before 어-series suffixes, vowels may contract (가 + 아 → 가, 보 + 아 → 봐), but no consonant in the stem changes. If the final vowel of the stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, use 아; otherwise use 어. Consonant-final stems: 먹 + 어 → 먹어; vowel-final: 가 + 아 → 가.
Conjugation table
pron. = pronunciation guide · RR = Revised Romanization
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 박아요 bah-gah-yoh bagayo | 박습니다 bahg-sseum-nee-dah baksseumnida | |
| Past | 박았어 bah-gah-ssuh bagasseo | 박았어요 bah-gah-ssuh-yoh bagasseoyo | 박았습니다 bah-gah-sseum-nee-dah bagasseumnida |
| Future | 박을 거야 bah-geul guh-yah bageul geoya | 박을 거예요 bah-geul guh-yae-yoh bageul geoyeyo | 박을 겁니다 bah-geul guhm-nee-dah bageul geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
박으세요
bah-geu-sae-yoh
bageuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
박아요
bah-gah-yoh
bagayo
Question Polite (요)
박아요?
bah-gah-yoh-?
bagayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
박고
bahg-ggoh
bakkko
Conditional "if" — (면)
박으면
bah-geu-myuhn
bageumyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
박고 있어요
bahg-ggoh ee-ssuh-yoh
bakkko isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
박고 싶어요
bahg-ggoh shee-puh-yoh
bakkko sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
박을 수 있어요
bah-geul soo ee-ssuh-yoh
bageul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
박아서
bah-gah-suh
bagaseo
Noun form — (기)
박기
bahg-ggee
bakkki
Noun form — (음)
박음
bah-geum
bageum