똑똑하다 (to be clever, to be sharp) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI am clever
NegativeI am not clever

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI was clever
NegativeI was not clever

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

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

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

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

Present

우리 조카는 다섯 살인데 아주 똑똑해요.

My niece is five and very sharp.
Past

어릴 때 수아가 반에서 제일 똑똑했어요.

When we were little, Su-a was the cleverest in the class.
Future

그 강아지는 크면 아주 똑똑할 거예요.

That puppy will be very clever when it grows up.
Honorific

할머니는 연세에 비해 정말 똑똑하세요.

Grandma is really sharp for her age.
Connectives

민준이는 똑똑하지만 조금 게으른 편이에요.

Min-jun is clever but on the lazy side.

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Fluency Level 1 · 청취자가 더 똑똑하시네요. 다음 곡!

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.