Action verb ~는 (present), ~(으)ㄴ (past), ~(으)ㄹ (future)
Descriptive verb
~(으)ㄴ, 있/없는 (past/present), ~(으)ㄹ (future)
(for verbs ending in ㄹ, drop the ㄹ and add –는)
좋아하는 노래 = a song that I like
나쁜 사람 = a bad person.
행복할 사람 = a person that will be happy
더 작은 가방 있어요? = do you have a smaller bag?
시원한 커피 마시고 싶어요 = I want to drink some cold coffee
자주 먹는 한국 음식 있어요? = is there a Korean food that you eat often?
자주 가는 카페 있어요? = is there a café that you go to often?
요즘 좋아하는 가수는 누구예요 = which singer do you like these days?
요즘 공부하고 있는 외국어는 일본어예요 = the foreign language I’m studying these days is Japanese.
눈이 오는 날에는 영화 보고 싶어요 = on a day that it snows, I want to see a movie.
저기 있는 사람, 아는 사람이에요? = that person over there, is it someone you know?
배 고픈 사람 (있어요)? = anybody (who is) hungry?
~던, ~았/었/였던 = used to do/be something (not anymore, didn’t finish) present progressive
(just ~던 is okay for action verbs, ~았/었/였던 for more emphasis on the past. for descriptive verbs almost always use ~았/었/였던)
예전에 제가 자주 가던 곳이에요 = I used to go to this place often in the past
예뻤던 경은 씨가 지금은… = Kyeong-eun, who used to be pretty, is now…
작년에는 키가 작았던 석진 씨가 지금은 키가 커요 = Seokjin, who used to be short, is now tall.
친했던 친구들이 지금은 다 외국에 살아요 = The friends I used to be close to are all living overseas now
지난 주에 이야기하던 거예요 = This is what we were talking about last week.
그 날은 좋았던 날이었다 = That was a good day
행복했던 기억을 생각하고 있다 = I’m thinking about happy memories
내가 읽던 책은 재미없었어 = the book I was reading wasn’t funny
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