어둡다 (to be dark (a room, a street, under a lamp)) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am dark
NegativeI am not dark

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was dark
NegativeI was not dark

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

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

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

Present

이 골목은 밤에 가로등이 없어서 어두워요.

This alley is dark at night because there's no streetlight.
Past

정전이 돼서 집 안이 완전히 어두웠어요.

The power went out, so the house was completely dark.
Future

겨울에는 다섯 시만 돼도 어두울 거예요.

In winter it'll be dark by five.
Honorific

할아버지, 눈이 어두우세요? 제가 읽어 드릴게요.

Grandpa, are your eyes weak? I'll read it for you.
Connectives

방이 어두우니까 불 좀 켜 주세요.

The room's dark, so please turn on the light.

A ㅂ adjective: 어두워요, 어두운 골목. 어둡다 is also dim or gloomy, 어두운 표정; and 눈이 어둡다 is to have weak eyes. The opposite is 밝다.

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Fluency Level 2 · 등잔 밑이 어둡다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.