KOREAN VERB

나타나다

to appear, to show up (a spirit, a person, a sign)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI appear
NegativeI don’t appear

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI appeared
NegativeI didn’t appear

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI appear (respectfully)
PastI appeared (respectfully)
FutureI will appear (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

그 고양이는 저녁마다 같은 자리에 나타나요.

That cat appears in the same spot every evening.
Past

민준이가 한 시간 늦게 약속 장소에 나타났어요.

Min-jun showed up at the meeting place an hour late.
Future

약을 먹으면 효과가 이틀 안에 나타날 거예요.

If you take the medicine, the effect will show within two days.
Honorific

김 선생님이 갑자기 교실 문 앞에 나타나셨어요.

Mr. Kim suddenly appeared at the classroom door.
Connectives

비 그치고 무지개가 나타나서 다들 사진을 찍었어요.

The rain stopped and a rainbow appeared, so everyone took pictures.
Requests and commands

다시는 내 앞에 나타나지 마.

Don't ever show up in front of me again.

나타나다 is to come into view: a person who turns up, a rash, a rainbow, a sign. 나타내다 is to show or express something.

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

Fluency Level 2 · 그러자 산신령이 나타났다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.