KOREAN VERB

자라다

to grow, to grow up (a child, a plant)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI grow
NegativeI don’t grow

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI grew
NegativeI didn’t grow

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will grow
NegativeI won’t grow

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI grow (respectfully)
PastI grew (respectfully)
FutureI will grow (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

베란다에서 토마토가 아주 잘 자라요.

The tomatoes on the balcony are growing very well.
Past

저는 바닷가 작은 마을에서 자랐어요.

I grew up in a small town by the sea.
Future

이 나무는 십 년 후에 아주 크게 자랄 거예요.

In ten years this tree will have grown very big.
Honorific

할아버지는 강원도의 작은 시골에서 자라셨어요.

Grandpa grew up in a small village in Gangwon.
Connectives

아이들은 빨리 자라니까 옷을 자주 사요.

Kids grow fast, so we buy clothes often.
Requests and commands

우리 아가, 아프지 말고 건강하게 자라.

My little one, grow up healthy and never get sick.

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

Advanced Level 3 · 하은아, 무럭무럭 자라라.

Fluency Level 2 · 망원 가게는 바구니가 자란 거네요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.