KOREAN VERB

내다보다

to look out, to look down (a road, from a window)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI look out
NegativeI don’t look out

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI looked out
NegativeI didn’t look out

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will look out
NegativeI won’t look out

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI look out (respectfully)
PastI looked out (respectfully)
FutureI will look out (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

우리 고양이는 하루 종일 창밖을 내다봐요.

Our cat looks out of the window all day.
Past

소리가 나서 문을 열고 골목을 내다봤어요.

I heard a noise, so I opened the door and looked out at the alley.
Future

눈 오는지 아침에 창밖을 내다볼 거예요.

I'll look out of the window in the morning to see if it's snowing.
Honorific

할머니는 손주 올 시간에 길을 내다보세요.

Grandma looks out at the road when it's time for her grandson to come.
Connectives

창밖을 내다보니까 벌써 눈이 쌓였어요.

When I looked out of the window, the snow had already piled up.
Requests and commands

지금 창밖 좀 내다봐, 무지개 떴어.

Look out of the window now, there's a rainbow.

내다보다 is to look out from inside, through a window or a door; 내려다보다 is to look down at something, 들여다보다 to look into it.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 길을 내다보고 계시더라고요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.