Korean Listening Exercise - Adjectives - Polite [Present, Past]

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Polite Written Form	Present	Past
Positive	빠릅니다	빨랐습니다
Negative	빠르지 않습니다 안 빠릅니다	빠르지 않았습니다 안 빨랐습니다

Polite Spoken Form	Present	Past
Positive	빨라요	빨랐어요
Negative	빠르지 않아요 안 빨라요	빠르지 않았어요 안 빨랐어요

Polite Written Form

• 크다 → 큽니다 = big/large
• 세다 → 셉니다 = strong

• 빠르다 → 빠릅니다 = fast
• 느리다 → 느립니다 = slow
• 착하다 → 착합니다 = kind

• 따뜻하다 → 따뜻합니다 = warm (touch, feeling)
• 시원하다 → 시원합니다 = cool (touch, feeling)

• 작다 → 작습니다 = small (size)
• 많다 → 많습니다 = many
• 적다 → 적습니다 = small (quantity)
• 쉽다 → 쉽습니다 = easy

• 어렵다 → 어렵습니다 = difficult
• 뜨겁다 → 뜨겁습니다 = hot (touch)
• 새롭다 → 새롭습니다 = new

Polite Spoken Form

• 높아 → 높아요 = high
• 안높아 → 안높아요 = not high
• 높았어 → 높았어요 = was high
• 안높았어 → 안높았어요 = was not high

• 많아 → 많아요 = many
• 안많아 → 안많아요 = not many
• 많았어 → 많았어요 = were many
• 안많았어 → 안많았어요 = were not many

• 커 → 커요 = big/large
• 안커 → 안커요 = not big/large
• 컸어 → 컸어요 = was big/large
• 안컸어 → 안컸어요 = was not big/large