기초 동사

to eat (consume food)

Taking food into your mouth and swallowing it; irregular (ate, eaten).

to drink (consume liquid)

Taking liquid into your mouth and swallowing it; irregular (drank, drunk).

to sleep (rest unconscious)

Resting with your eyes closed and your mind unconscious; irregular (slept).

to buy (purchase with money)

Getting something by paying money for it; irregular (bought).

to sell (give for money)

Giving something to someone in exchange for money; irregular (sold).

to cost (have as a price)

Having a particular price; irregular (cost, cost).

to play (a game or sport)

Taking part in a game or sport, or having fun.

to wash (clean with water)

Cleaning something with water and often soap.

to clean (remove dirt)

Making something free of dirt or mess.

to wake up (stop sleeping)

Stopping sleeping; irregular (woke up, woken up).

to get up (rise from bed)

Getting out of bed, or standing up; irregular (got up).

to sit down (take a seat)

Moving into a sitting position; irregular (sat down).

to stand up (rise to your feet)

Rising to your feet; irregular (stood up).

to wear (have clothes on)

Having clothes, shoes, or accessories on your body; irregular (wore, worn).

to put on (dress in clothing)

Dressing yourself in a piece of clothing; irregular (put on).

to take off (remove clothing)

Removing a piece of clothing; irregular (took off, taken off).

to smile (make a happy face)

Making a happy expression with your mouth.

to laugh (react to something funny)

Making sounds with your voice because something is funny.

to cry (shed tears)

Producing tears, usually because you are sad or hurt.

to sing (make music with the voice)

Making music with your voice; irregular (sang, sung).

to dance (move to music)

Moving your body to music.

to jump (leap into the air)

Pushing yourself up into the air with your legs.

to fall (drop to the ground)

Going down suddenly toward the ground; irregular (fell, fallen).

to swim (move through water)

Moving through water using your body; irregular (swam, swum).

to fly (move through the air / travel by plane)

Moving through the air, or travelling by plane; irregular (flew, flown).

to drive (operate a vehicle)

Controlling and operating a car or other vehicle; irregular (drove, driven).

to ride (travel on a bike or animal)

Sitting on and controlling a bike, horse, or similar; irregular (rode, ridden).

to push (press away from you)

Pressing something to move it away from you.

to pull (move toward you)

Holding something and moving it toward you.

to throw (send through the air)

Sending something through the air with your hand; irregular (threw, thrown).

to catch (grab something moving)

Taking and holding something moving through the air; irregular (caught).

to cut (divide with a blade)

Using a knife or scissors to divide or open something; irregular (cut, cut).

to touch (put a hand on)

Putting your hand or finger on something.

to visit (go to see)

Going to see a person or place.

to travel (go on a journey)

Going from one place to another, especially over a distance.

to arrive (reach a destination)

Getting to a place at the end of a journey.

to return (go back)

Coming or going back to a place.

to enter (go into a place)

Going into a place.

to begin (start)

Starting something; irregular (began, begun).

to end (come to a finish)

Coming to a finish, or stopping.

to choose (select one option)

Picking one thing from several options; irregular (chose, chosen).

to win (be the best in a contest)

Being first or best in a game, race, or competition; irregular (won).

to count (say numbers / find a total)

Saying numbers in order or finding how many there are.

to draw (make a picture)

Making a picture with a pen or pencil; irregular (drew, drawn).

to paint (apply paint / make art)

Putting colour on something with a brush, or making a picture with paint.

to build (construct something)

Making something by putting parts together; irregular (built).

to fix (repair something)

Repairing something that is broken.

to rest (relax and recover)

Stopping activity to relax and get back your energy.

to save (keep money / keep safe)

Keeping money to use later, or keeping something safe.

to share (give a part / have together)

Giving part of something to others, or having something together.

to borrow (take and return later)

Taking something from someone to use and return later.

to lend (give temporarily)

Giving something to someone for a while, expecting it back; irregular (lent).

to thank (express gratitude)

Telling someone you are grateful.

to invite (ask someone to come)

Asking someone to come to an event or place.

to offer (present something to take)

Asking someone if they want something, or saying you will do something.

to introduce (present people to each other)

Telling people each other's names when they first meet.

to repeat (say or do again)

Saying or doing something again.

to spell (give the letters of a word)

Saying or writing the letters of a word in order.

to answer (give a reply)

Saying or writing something as a reply to a question.

to worry (feel anxious)

Feeling nervous or anxious about something.

to guess (give an uncertain answer)

Giving an answer you are not sure about.

can (be able to / be allowed to)

Used to say you are able to do something, or to ask permission.

could (past ability / polite request)

Past of 'can', and a polite way to ask for things.

must (be obliged / necessary)

Used to say something is necessary or strongly advised.

should (advisable / good idea)

Used to give advice or say what is a good idea.

will (future / decision)

Used to talk about the future or make a quick decision.

to go out (leave home for an activity)

Leaving your home to do something, often for fun; irregular (went out, gone out).

to come back (return)

Returning to a place; irregular (came back, come back).

to get in (enter a car or small space)

Entering a car, taxi, or small space; irregular (got in).

to get out (leave a car or small space)

Leaving a car or small space; irregular (got out).

to cross (go to the other side)

Going from one side of something to the other.

to park (leave a vehicle)

Leaving a car in a particular place for a time.

to smoke (use a cigarette)

Breathing in and out the smoke of a cigarette.

to stay (remain in a place)

Remaining in a place and not leaving.

to wait for (stay until someone/something comes)

Staying somewhere until a particular person or thing comes.

may (polite permission / possibility)

Used to ask permission politely or to say something is possible.

to name (give a name to)

Giving a name to a person, animal, or thing.

to go to bed (go to sleep / get into bed for the night)

Getting into bed to sleep; irregular (went to bed).