모시다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 뫼시다 (Yale: mwoysita). From Old Korean 邀里白 (*MWOlisolp).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ɕʰida̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)시다]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mosida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mosida
McCune–Reischauer?	mosida
Yale Romanization?	mōsita

Verb

모시다 • (mosida) (infinitive 모셔 or 모시어, sequential 모시니)

1. to serve or wait on a higher-status person
2. (honorific) honorific of 몰다 (molda, “to drive, accompany”)

   to escort

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 모시다 (mosida): vowel-stem, 시(si)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	모신다 mosinda	모셔 mosyeo	모세요, 모셔요 moseyo, mosyeoyo	모십니다 mosimnida
	Past	모셨다 mosyeotda	모셨어 mosyeosseo	모셨어요 mosyeosseoyo	모셨습니다 mosyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	모시느냐 mosineunya	모셔 mosyeo	모세요, 모셔요 moseyo, mosyeoyo	모십니까 mosimnikka
	Past	모셨느냐 mosyeonneunya	모셨어 mosyeosseo	모셨어요 mosyeosseoyo	모셨습니까 mosyeotseumnikka
Imperative				모세요, 모셔요 moseyo, mosyeoyo	모십시오 mosipsio
Assertive		모시겠다 mosigetda	모시겠어 mosigesseo	모시겠어요 mosigesseoyo	모시겠습니다 mosigetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		모셔 mosyeo	모셔서 mosyeoseo	모시니 mosini	모시니까 mosinikka
Contrast		모시지만 mosijiman	모시는데 mosineunde	모시더니 mosideoni
Conjunction		모시고 mosigo
Condition		모시면 mosimyeon	모셔야 mosyeoya
Motive		모시려고 mosiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		모심 mosim	모시기 mosigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		모셨음 mosyeosseum	모셨기 mosyeotgi
Determiners	Past	모신 mosin
	Present	모시는 mosineun
	Future	모실 mosil

This verb is in honorific form.

References

• Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 632.