편찮으시다 (to be ill, to be unwell (honorific, of someone respected)) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am ill
NegativeI am not ill

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was ill
NegativeI was not ill

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

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

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

Present

저희 어머니께서 요즘 많이 편찮으십니다.

My mother is quite unwell these days.
Past

할아버지가 지난겨울에 한 달이나 편찮으셨어요.

Grandpa was ill for a whole month last winter.
Future

그렇게 일만 하시면 사장님도 편찮으실 거예요.

If he keeps working like that, the boss will get ill too.
Honorific

박 여사님, 어디 편찮으세요? 얼굴이 안 좋아 보여요.

Mrs. Park, are you unwell? You don't look well.
Connectives

할머니가 편찮으셔서 이번 주말에 내려가요.

Grandma is unwell, so I'm going down this weekend.

편찮으시다 is the respectful word for 아프다: Grandma is 편찮으세요, you yourself are just 아파요.

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

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Intermediate Level 3 · 할머니, 어디 편찮으세요?

Fluency Level 2 · 토끼님, 용왕님이 편찮으십니다.

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.