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KOREAN VERB

화내다

to get angry, to be angry at someone

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI get angry
NegativeI don’t get angry

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI got angry
NegativeI didn’t get angry

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will get angry
NegativeI won’t get angry

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI get angry (respectfully)
PastI got angry (respectfully)
FutureI will get angry (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please get angry
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please get angry (formal)
  3. Plain command get angry! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t get angry

How to use 화내다

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

  1. Present

    우리 부장님은 작은 일에도 화내요.

    Our manager gets angry even over small things.

  2. Past

    어제 동생한테 괜히 화냈어요. 미안했어요.

    Yesterday I got angry at my little brother for nothing. I felt bad.

  3. Future

    늦게 가면 엄마가 화낼 거예요.

    If I get home late, Mom will be angry.

  4. Honorific

    박 선생님이 오늘 아침에 많이 화내셨어요.

    Mrs. Park got really angry this morning.

  5. Connectives

    제가 화내니까 아이가 바로 울었어요.

    When I got angry, the child cried right away.

  6. Requests and commands

    저한테 화내지 마세요. 제 잘못이 아니에요.

    Don't be angry at me. It's not my fault.

Good to know

  • 화내다 is to show anger at someone (한테 marks them); 화나다 is to get angry inside.

Where you hear 화내다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 나 화 안 내. 그냥 말해. I'm not angry. Just say it.
  • 어제 수아가 화냈어. Su-a got angry yesterday.
  • 늦으면 교감 선생님이 화내실 거예요. If you're late, the vice-principal will be angry.
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The bench by the river

Intermediate Level 1 · 화내지 마.

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