V/A+ 었/았/였어요. Indicate that the condition has already occurred

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회의 자료를 다 만들었습니까?

Have you finished preparing the material for the meeting?

네, 다 만들었습니다.

Yes, I have finished preparing the material.

복사도 했습니까?

Have you made copies?

네, 벌써 다 했습니다.

Yes, I have.

V/A+ 었/았/였어요.

It is used to indicate that the condition has already occurred. 

When the verb stem ends in a '-하다', use '-였어요', and when the verb stem ends in a 'ㅏ,ㅑ,ㅗ', use '-았어요'. When the verb stem ends in other vowels, use '-었어요'.
When the noun ends in a vowel, use '였어요', and when the noun ends in a consonant, use '이었어요.' '-었습니다/았습니다/였습니다', '이었습니다/였습니다' are the formal expressions.

오늘 날씨가 추워요. 그래서 옷을 많이 입었어요.

It was cold today, so I wore a lot of clothes.

어제 배가 아팠어요. 그래서 잠을 못 잤어요.

I had a stomachache yesterday, so I couldn't sleep well.

지난 주말에 꽃구경을 했어요.

I looked around flowers last weekend.

Related words

• 다 all; everything
• 만들다 to make, to finish, to work
• 복사 copying
• 입다 to wear
• 어제 yesterday
• 잠 sleep
• 지난 주말 last weekend
• 꽃구경 looking around flowers

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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