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KOREAN VERB

반짝이다

to shine, to glitter

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI shine
NegativeI don’t shine

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI shone
NegativeI didn’t shine

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will shine
NegativeI won’t shine

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI shine (respectfully)
PastI shone (respectfully)
FutureI will shine (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 반짝이다

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

  1. Present

    밤에는 한강 다리 불빛이 반짝여요.

    At night the lights on the Han River bridges glitter.

  2. Past

    비 온 뒤라서 길이 반짝였어요.

    The road glistened because it had just rained.

  3. Future

    오늘 밤 하늘에 별이 많이 반짝일 거예요.

    Tonight many stars will sparkle in the sky.

  4. Honorific

    우리 할머니는 눈이 아직도 반짝이세요.

    My grandma's eyes still sparkle.

  5. Connectives

    바다가 반짝여서 사진을 많이 찍었어요.

    The sea was sparkling, so I took lots of photos.

Good to know

  • 반짝이다 ends in 이다 but is not the copula: it changes like 마시다, so 반짝여요, not 반짝이에요.

Where you hear 반짝이다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 2

  • 이 정장은 반짝여요. This suit is shiny.
  • 밤에 강이 반짝였어요. At night the river glittered.
  • 빛을 받으면 더 반짝일 거예요. In the light it'll shine more.
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Don't take the shiny one

Intermediate Level 2 · 면접이요? 그럼 반짝이는 건 입지 마세요.

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