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KOREAN VERB

나다

to happen, to come up, to come out (a big thing happens: trouble)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI happen
NegativeI don’t happen

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI happened
NegativeI didn’t happen

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI happen (respectfully)
PastI happened (respectfully)
FutureI will happen (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 나다

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

  1. Present

    봄이 되면 새 잎이 나요.

    When spring comes, new leaves come out.

  2. Past

    어젯밤에 우리 동네에서 불이 났어요.

    Last night there was a fire in our neighbourhood.

  3. Future

    그렇게 급하게 가면 사고가 날 거예요.

    If you go that fast, there'll be an accident.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 요즘 자주 화가 나세요.

    Grandma gets angry often these days.

  5. Connectives

    갑자기 열이 나서 집에 있었어요.

    I suddenly got a fever, so I stayed home.

Good to know

  • 나다 hides in many verbs: 화나다 to get angry, 생각나다 to come to mind, 기억나다 to remember, 사고가 나다 for an accident to happen.

Where you hear 나다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 그러면 큰일 나요. If you do that, there'll be trouble.
  • 큰일 났어요. 표를 잊었어요. Now I've done it. I forgot the tickets.
  • 늦으면 큰일 날 거예요. If you're late, there'll be trouble.

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 그러면 큰일 나요. If you do that, there'll be trouble.
  • 큰일 났어요. 표를 잊었어요. Now I've done it. I forgot the tickets.
  • 늦으면 큰일 날 거예요. If you're late, there'll be trouble.
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The whole box

Intermediate Level 1 · 이제 큰일 났어.

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Every time the bus stops

Intermediate Level 1 · 부산 생각할 때마다 너 생각이 나.

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Rice cakes from upstairs

Advanced Level 2 · 네, 네. 그런데 어제 펑 소리가 났어요.

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Eli's first joke

Fluency Level 1 · 그 개그는 수염 났어, 쌤.

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Under the market roof

Fluency Level 2 · 개천에서 용 난다.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.