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KOREAN VERB

아름답다

to be beautiful

  • #108 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am beautiful
NegativeI am not beautiful

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was beautiful
NegativeI was not beautiful

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be beautiful
NegativeI won’t be beautiful

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am beautiful (respectfully)
PastI was beautiful (respectfully)
FutureI will be beautiful (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being beautiful, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being beautiful, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am beautiful
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am beautiful
  5. But (-지만) I am beautiful, but…

How to use 아름답다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    가을에는 설악산이 정말 아름다워요.

    In autumn, Seoraksan is really beautiful.

  2. Past

    어젯밤 한강의 야경이 아름다웠어요.

    The night view of the Han River was beautiful last night.

  3. Future

    벚꽃이 피면 이 길이 아름다울 거예요.

    When the cherry blossoms bloom, this street will be beautiful.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 젊었을 때 아주 아름다우셨어요.

    Grandma was very beautiful when she was young.

  5. Connectives

    경치는 아름답지만 날씨가 너무 추워요.

    The scenery is beautiful, but the weather is too cold.

Good to know

  • 아름답다 is for scenery, music and people; 예쁘다 is pretty, the everyday word for things and faces.

Where you hear 아름답다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 산이 아름다워요. The mountains are beautiful.
  • 진해는 정말 아름다웠어요. Jinhae was really beautiful.
  • 봄에는 더 아름다울 거예요. In spring it'll be more beautiful.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.