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요리하다 conjugation

to cook · yorihada · sounds like [요리하다]

Short answer: “To cook” in Korean is 요리하다 (yorihada). Polite present: 요리해요 (yorihaeyo); past: 요리했어요 (yorihaesseoyo); future: 요리할 거예요. It is a 하다 verb: 하 + 아/어 always becomes 해.

Note: with noun + 하다 verbs, 안 and 못 go before 하다 — 요리 안 해요, not 안 요리해요.

요리하다 in sentences

All forms of 요리하다

Present
Polite (해요) is the everyday safe choice; formal (합니다) is for news, announcements and work; casual (반말) is for close friends and younger people.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-아/어요요리해요[요리해요]yorihaeyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다요리합니다[요리함니다]yorihamnida
casual-아/어요리해[요리해]yorihae
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다요리한다[요리한다]yorihanda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?요리합니까?[요리함니까]yorihamnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요요리하고 있어요[요리하고 이써요]yorihago isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요요리했어요[요리해써요]yorihaesseoyo
formal-았/었습니다요리했습니다[요리핻씀니다]yorihaetseumnida
casual-았/었어요리했어[요리해써]yorihaesseo
plain (written)-았/었다요리했다[요리핻따]yorihaetda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요요리할 거예요[요리할 꺼예요]yorihal geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다요리할 겁니다[요리할 껌니다]yorihal geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야요리할 거야[요리할 꺼야]yorihal geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다요리하겠습니다[요리하겓씀니다]yorihagetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …요리 안 해요[요리 안 해요]yori an haeyo
did not안 …았/었어요요리 안 했어요[요리 안 해써요]yori an haesseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요요리하지 않아요[요리하지 아나요]yorihaji anayo
cannot못 …요리 못 해요[요리 모태요]yori mot haeyo
Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
honorific — present-(으)세요요리하세요[요리하세요]yorihaseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요요리하셨어요[요리하셔써요]yorihasyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다요리하십니다[요리하심니다]yorihasimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요요리하세요[요리하세요]yorihaseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요요리해 주세요[요리해 주세요]yorihae juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요요리하지 마세요[요리하지 마세요]yorihaji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다요리합시다[요리합씨다]yorihapsida
let’s … (casual)-자요리하자[요리하자]yorihaja
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라요리해라[요리해라]yorihaera
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고요리하고[요리하고]yorihago
… so / and then-아/어서요리해서[요리해서]yorihaeseo
if …-(으)면요리하면[요리하면]yorihamyeon
… but-지만요리하지만[요리하지만]yorihajiman
because …-(으)니까요리하니까[요리하니까]yorihanikka
… and / but (background)-는데요리하는데[요리하는데]yorihaneunde
even if …-아/어도요리해도[요리해도]yorihaedo
while …-(으)면서요리하면서[요리하면서]yorihamyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고요리하려고[요리하려고]yoriharyeogo
(go) to …-(으)러요리하러[요리하러]yorihareo
before …-기 전에요리하기 전에[요리하기 저네]yorihagi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에요리한 후에[요리한 후에]yorihan hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는요리하는[요리하는]yorihaneun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ요리한[요리한]yorihan
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ요리할[요리할]yorihal
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요요리하고 싶어요[요리하고 시퍼요]yorihago sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요요리할 수 있어요[요리할 쑤 이써요]yorihal su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요요리할 수 없어요[요리할 쑤 업써요]yorihal su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요요리해야 해요[요리해야 해요]yorihaeya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요요리해도 돼요[요리해도 돼요]yorihaedo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요요리하면 안 돼요[요리하면 안 돼요]yorihamyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기요리하기[요리하기]yorihagi

How 요리하다 changes

Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 요리해요, 요리했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 요리합니다, 요리하면.

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Questions

How do you say “cook” in Korean?

“To cook” is 요리하다 (yorihada), pronounced [요리하다]. In a sentence: 저녁은 제가 요리할 거예요. — I’ll cook dinner.

What is the past tense of 요리하다?

요리했어요 (yorihaesseoyo) is the polite past tense of 요리하다 (“to cook”). Formal: 요리했습니다; casual: 요리했어.

How do you say 요리하다 politely?

Everyday polite: 요리해요 (yorihaeyo). Formal: 요리합니다. Casual, with close friends: 요리해.

How do you say “I want to cook” in Korean?

요리하고 싶어요 (yorihago sipeoyo), pronounced [요리하고 시퍼요].

Is 요리하다 irregular?

No. Every 하다 word works the same way: 하 + 여 becomes 해 → 요리해요, 요리했어요. With other endings 하 stays as it is: 요리합니다, 요리하면.

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Forms follow 한글 맞춤법 (Korean spelling rules); pronunciation follows 표준 발음법 and romanization follows 국어의 로마자 표기법 (Revised Romanization). Last updated October 16, 2026. How we check