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KOREAN VERB

재미있다

to be fun, to be interesting

  • #122 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am fun
NegativeI am not fun

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was fun
NegativeI was not fun

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 재미있다

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

  1. Present

    요즘 보는 이 드라마는 정말 재미있어요.

    This drama I'm watching these days is really good.

  2. Past

    어제 학교 축제는 정말 재미있었어요.

    Yesterday's school festival was really fun.

  3. Future

    내일 소풍은 아주 재미있을 거예요.

    Tomorrow's picnic will be lots of fun.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 오늘 보신 영화 재미있으셨어요?

    Grandma, did you enjoy the film you saw today?

  5. Connectives

    이 책은 재미있지만 너무 길어요.

    This book is interesting, but too long.

Good to know

  • 재미 is "fun" and 있다 "there is": 재미있어요, it's fun; 재미없어요, it isn't. People also say and write 재밌다.

Where you hear 재미있다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 한국말 수업은 재미있어요. Korean class is fun.
  • 어제 축제가 재미있었어요. Yesterday the festival was fun.
  • 내일 영화는 재미있을 거예요. Tomorrow's film will be fun.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 한국말 수업은 재미있어요. Korean class is fun.
  • 어제 축제가 재미있었어요. Yesterday the festival was fun.
  • 내일 영화는 재미있을 거예요. Tomorrow's film will be fun.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.