파랗다 (to be blue) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am blue
NegativeI am not blue

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was blue
NegativeI was not blue

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

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

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

Present

오늘은 서울 하늘이 정말 파래요.

The sky over Seoul is really blue today.
Past

지난여름 제주도 바다는 아주 파랬어요.

Last summer the sea on Jeju Island was very blue.
Future

비가 그치면 하늘이 다시 파랄 거예요.

When the rain stops, the sky will be blue again.
Honorific

할머니는 입술이 파라세요. 추우신가 봐요.

Grandma's lips are blue. She must be cold.
Connectives

하늘이 파라니까 사진 찍기 좋아요.

The sky is blue, so it's good for taking photos.

파랗다 is a ㅎ adjective: 파래요, and 파란 하늘 is a blue sky. Koreans say 파랗다 of green traffic lights too.

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

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Intermediate Level 1 · 바다도 부산보다 훨씬 파래요.

Fluency Level 1 · 일라이 선생님, 하늘은 왜 파랗습니까?

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.