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KOREAN VERB

평평하다

to be flat, to be level (a floor, a road)

  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am flat
NegativeI am not flat

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was flat
NegativeI was not flat

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 평평하다

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

  1. Present

    이 공원은 길이 아주 평평해요.

    The paths in this park are very flat.

  2. Past

    옛날 우리 집 마당은 평평했어요.

    The yard of our old house was level.

  3. Future

    공사가 끝나면 도로가 평평할 거예요.

    When the work is done, the road will be level.

  4. Honorific

    할머니 댁은 마당이 넓고 평평하세요?

    Is the yard at your house wide and level, Grandma?

  5. Connectives

    바닥이 평평하니까 여기에 책상을 놓아요.

    The floor is level, so let's put the desk here.

Good to know

  • 평평하다 is flat as a surface is; 납작하다 is flat as a thing is, a flat shoe or a squashed box.

Where you hear 평평하다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 바닥이 평평해요. The floor is flat.
  • 옛날에는 이 길이 평평했어. This road used to be flat.
  • 내일이면 바닥이 평평할 거야. By tomorrow the floor will be flat.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.