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KOREAN VERB

늙다

to grow old

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI grow old
NegativeI don’t grow old

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI grew old
NegativeI didn’t grow old

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 늙다

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

  1. Present

    사람은 누구나 시간이 지나면 늙어요.

    Everyone grows old as time passes.

  2. Past

    사진 속 그 배우도 많이 늙었어요.

    That actor in the photo has aged a lot too.

  3. Future

    우리도 언젠가 다 늙을 거예요.

    We'll all grow old someday too.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 몇 년 사이에 많이 늙으셨어요.

    Grandpa has aged a lot in a few years.

  5. Connectives

    늙으면 작은 집에서 살고 싶어요.

    When I'm old, I want to live in a small house.

Good to know

  • 늙다 is a verb, so "is old" is its past form, 늙었어요; 나이가 들다 is the gentler way to say it.

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