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KOREAN VERB

붐비다

to be crowded, to bustle (of a place)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am crowded
NegativeI am not crowded

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was crowded
NegativeI was not crowded

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 붐비다

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

  1. Present

    금요일 저녁에는 홍대가 정말 붐벼요.

    On Friday evenings, Hongdae is really crowded.

  2. Past

    연휴라서 고속도로 휴게소가 많이 붐볐어요.

    It was a long weekend, so the motorway rest stop was very crowded.

  3. Future

    벚꽃 철에는 여의도가 엄청 붐빌 거예요.

    In cherry blossom season Yeouido will be packed.

  4. Honorific

    할머니 가게는 점심시간에 많이 붐비세요?

    Is Grandma's shop very crowded at lunchtime?

  5. Connectives

    아침에는 지하철이 붐비니까 조금 일찍 나가요.

    The subway is crowded in the morning, so I leave a little early.

Good to know

  • 붐비다 is for a place full of people: 붐비는 시간 is rush hour. 복잡하다 is "crowded" in a looser way, and also "complicated".

Where you hear 붐비다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 주말에는 시장이 붐벼요. At the weekend the market is crowded.
  • 어제는 가게가 정말 붐볐어요. Yesterday the stall was really crowded.
  • 내일은 시장이 더 붐빌 거예요. Tomorrow the market will be more crowded.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.