KOREAN VERB

긴장하다

to be nervous

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am nervous
NegativeI am not nervous

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was nervous
NegativeI was not nervous

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

저는 시험 전에 항상 긴장해요.

I always get nervous before an exam.
Past

첫 수업에서 저는 정말 많이 긴장했어요.

In my first class I was really very nervous.
Future

내일 면접에서 아마 조금 긴장할 거예요.

At tomorrow's interview I'll probably be a little nervous.
Honorific

김 선생님도 첫 수업 때 긴장하셨어요?

Mr. Kim, were you nervous in your first class too?
Connectives

저는 긴장하면 손에 땀이 많이 나요.

When I'm nervous, my hands sweat a lot.
Requests and commands

다 잘 될 거예요. 긴장하지 마세요.

It'll all go well. Don't be nervous.

긴장 is the tension, so 긴장하지 마세요 is "don't be nervous" and 긴장돼요 "I'm getting nervous".

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

Beginner Level 2 · 형, 긴장했어?

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.