Korean Verb Conjugation - The Past Tense

How to Use The Past Tense in Korean

To conjugate verbs into their past tense form:

먹다 (to eat)

먹어 + ㅆ + 어요 → 먹었어요

가다 (to go)

가 + ㅆ + 어요 → 갔어요

보다 (to see)

봐 + ㅆ + 어요 → 봤어요

Sentence example:

어제 드라마를 봤어요.

I watched a drama yesterday.

우리 할머니는 의사였어요.

My grandma was a doctor.

As with its present tense conjugation, 이다 is an exception.

이다 becomes:

이었어요 (after a consonant)

였어요 (after a vowel)

Some more examples to close out this lesson:

어제 운동을 했어요.

I exercised yesterday.

저는 비빔밥을 먹었어요.

I ate bibimbap.

비빔밥 = bibimbap

할머니 = grandmother

의사 = doctor

드라마 = drama/s