준비하다([jun-bi-ha-da/prepare]) is the basic verb for getting ready. In polite speech, say 준비해요([jun-bi-hae-yo]).
준비했어요([jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo/prepared]) is the polite past form of 준비하다. Example: 여행을 준비했어요 (I prepared for the trip).
준비해야 해요([jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo/have to prepare]) means you must prepare. Example: 발표를 준비해야 해요 (I have to prepare for the presentation).
준비하다([jun-bi-ha-da/prepare]) means "to prepare". It is used when getting ready for something.
1. Daily: “저녁을 준비해요 (jeo-nyeo-geul jun-bi-hae-yo)”
2. Past: 준비했어요([jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo/prepared]) prepared.
3. Duty: 준비해야 해요([jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo/have to prepare]) have to prepare.
4. Warning: 준비하지 마세요([jun-bi-ha-ji ma-se-yo/don't prepare]) don't prepare.
A: Do you prepare every day?
B: 네, 매일 준비해요. B: ne, mae-il jun-bi-hae-yo.B: Yes, I prepare every day.
A: 뭘 준비해요? A: mwol jun-bi-hae-yo?A: What do you prepare?
B: 저녁을 준비해요. B: jeo-nyeo-geul jun-bi-hae-yo.B: I prepare dinner. - 준비하다([jun-bi-ha-da/prepare])
A: Did you prepare yesterday?
B: 네, 준비했어요. B: ne, jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo.B: Yes, I prepared.
A: 뭘 준비했어요? A: mwol jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo?A: What did you prepare?
B: 여행을 준비했어요. B: yeo-haeng-eul jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo.B: I prepared for the trip. - 준비했어요([jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo/prepared])
A: Do you have to prepare today?
B: 네, 준비해야 해요. B: ne, jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo.B: Yes, I have to prepare.
A: 뭘 준비해야 해요? A: mwol jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo?A: What do you have to prepare?
B: 발표를 준비해야 해요. B: bal-pyo-reul jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo.B: I have to prepare for the presentation. - 준비해야 해요([jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo/have to prepare])
• 준비하다([jun-bi-ha-da/prepare]) prepare
- 준비했어요([jun-bi-hae-sseo-yo/prepared]) prepared
- 준비하고 싶어요([jun-bi-ha-go si-peo-yo/want to prepare]) want to prepare
- 준비해야 해요([jun-bi-hae-ya hae-yo/have to prepare]) have to prepare
- 준비하지 마세요([jun-bi-ha-ji ma-se-yo/don't prepare]) don't prepare