배고프다 (to be hungry) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am hungry
NegativeI am not hungry

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was hungry
NegativeI was not hungry

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

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

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

Present

점심을 안 먹어서 너무 배고파요.

I'm so hungry because I didn't eat lunch.
Past

수업이 끝났을 때 정말 배고팠어요.

When the class ended, I was really hungry.
Future

운동하고 나면 배고플 거예요.

After working out you'll be hungry.
Honorific

할머니, 아직 점심 전인데 시장하세요?

Grandma, it's not lunchtime yet, are you hungry?
Connectives

배고프면 냉장고에 있는 과일을 드세요.

If you're hungry, have the fruit in the fridge.

배 is the belly: 배고파요, I'm hungry, and 배불러요, I'm full. The honorific is a different verb, 시장하시다.

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

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Beginner Level 3 · 아니요, 그냥 배고파요.

Fluency Level 1 · 배고파 죽겠어. 밥 먹고 하자.

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.