Verbseoul.Korean verb conjugator
하다 (irregular)
좋아하다joahadato like

To say to like politely in the present tense, use 좋아해요 (choh-ah-hae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 좋아하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
좋아해
choh-ah-hae
좋아해요
choh-ah-hae-yoh
좋아합니다
choh-ah-hahm-nee-dah
Past
좋아했어
choh-ah-hae-ssuh
좋아했어요
choh-ah-hae-ssuh-yoh
좋아했습니다
choh-ah-hae-sseum-nee-dah
Future
좋아할 거야
choh-ah-hahl- -guh-yah
좋아할 거예요
choh-ah-hahl- -guh-yae-yoh
좋아할 겁니다
choh-ah-hahl- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
좋아하세요
choh-ah-hah-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
좋아해요
choh-ah-hae-yoh
Question Polite (요)
좋아해요?
choh-ah-hae-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
좋아하고
choh-ah-hah-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
좋아하면
choh-ah-hah-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
좋아함
choh-ah-hahm