KOREAN VERB

닫다

to close, to shut (a door, a shop)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI close
NegativeI don’t close

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI closed
NegativeI didn’t close

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI close (respectfully)
PastI closed (respectfully)
FutureI will close (respectfully)

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

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

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

Present

그 빵집은 일요일마다 문을 닫아요.

That bakery closes every Sunday.
Past

바람이 차서 창문을 다 닫았어요.

The wind was cold, so I closed all the windows.
Future

오늘은 손님이 없어서 일찍 닫을 거예요.

There are no customers today, so we'll close early.
Honorific

박 사장님은 밤 열 시에 가게를 닫으세요.

Mrs. Park closes the shop at ten at night.
Connectives

문을 닫고 작은 소리로 이야기해요.

Close the door and let's talk quietly.
Requests and commands

나갈 때 가스 잠그고 문 꼭 닫으세요.

When you go out, turn off the gas and be sure to close the door.

닫다 keeps its ㄷ: 닫아요, 닫았어요, never 달아요. 문을 닫다 is also a shop closing, for the day or for good.

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Fluency Level 2 · 유명해지기는커녕 문 닫겠어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.