무섭다 (to be frightening, to be scared) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am frightening
NegativeI am not frightening

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was frightening
NegativeI was not frightening

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

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

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

Present

저는 서른인데 아직도 치과가 무서워요.

I'm thirty and still scared of the dentist.
Past

어젯밤에 본 영화가 정말 무서웠어요.

The film we saw last night was really scary.
Future

혼자 가면 밤길이 무서울 거예요.

The road at night will be scary if you go alone.
Honorific

할머니도 밤에 치는 천둥소리가 무서우세요?

Are you scared of thunder at night too, Grandma?
Connectives

너무 무서워서 눈을 감고 있었어요.

I was so scared I kept my eyes shut.

Both "scary" and "scared": 개가 무서워요 can mean the dog is scary or that I'm afraid of dogs.

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Fluency Level 1 · 긴장한 게 아니라 무서워요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.