KOREAN VERB

고장나다

to break down

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI break down
NegativeI don’t break down

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI broke down
NegativeI didn’t break down

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will break down
NegativeI won’t break down

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI break down (respectfully)
PastI broke down (respectfully)
FutureI will break down (respectfully)

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

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

Present

이 세탁기는 자주 고장나요.

This washing machine often breaks down.
Past

엘리베이터가 또 고장났어요.

The lift has broken down again.
Future

그렇게 쓰면 금방 고장날 거예요.

If you use it like that, it'll break down soon.
Honorific

할머니는 핸드폰이 또 고장나셨어요.

Grandma's phone has broken down again.
Connectives

컴퓨터가 고장나서 일을 못 했어요.

The computer broke down, so I couldn't work.

고장 is the breakdown itself, so 안 goes in the middle: 고장 안 나요; a broken thing is 고장났어요, in the past.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.