크다: to be big
to be big
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크다 means “to be big.” This page gives the polite conversation set: present, past, future, progressive, desire (-고 싶어요), and a please form. Not only the bare dictionary 다 form.
Conjugation notes for 크다: ㅡ related pattern: 크다 → 커요.
Put 크다 in real frames with time (지금/어제/내일), place (학교/집/카페), and object particles when needed. Charts without sentences do not stick.
Drill path: say 커요 three times → full sentence with 지금 → switch to 컸어요 with 어제 → 클 거예요 with 내일. Then open the interactive conjugator for any hesitation.
Next step: link a vocabulary leaf, a grammar ending page (-아요/어요, -고 있다), and keep speech levels consistent across the sentence.
크다 is taught here as “to be big.” Learners often stop at a flashcard gloss; real fluency needs collocations, speech level, and one or two sentences you can actually say today.
Listen to the Hangul, shadow it once slowly, then once at natural speed. If romanization helps the first day, turn it off the second day so your eyes lock onto 크다, not Latin letters.
Connect this page to nearby Chamelingo lessons and tools. Isolated tips do not stick; a graph of vocabulary + grammar + speaking does. Use the related links at the bottom to keep walking the graph.
When you can explain “크다: to be big” in one plain English sentence and produce one new Korean example without looking, you are ready to move on. Then review again within 24 hours.
Key lines to keep: Present: 커요 · Past: 컸어요 · Future: 클 거예요 · Progressive: 크고. Copy one into your notes and reuse it in a different place or time expression tonight.
Exempel
지금 커요
Right now: be big (present polite).
Default conversation form.
어제 컸어요
Yesterday: be big (past polite).
내일 클 거예요
Tomorrow: will be big.
저는 —
I want to be big.
Minidialog
A: 지금 커요?
A: … right now? (be big)
B: 네, 크고
B: Yes: ongoing (be big).
Nyckelrader
- Present: 커요
- Past: 컸어요
- Future: 클 거예요
- Progressive: 크고
- Want to: —
- Please: —
Vanliga misstag
- Do not attach 요 to the bare dictionary form 크다 without conjugating.
- Do not mix speech levels mid-sentence. Keep polite endings consistent.
- Do not invent irregular forms for 크다 when a reliable conjugator disagrees.
Så övar du
- Cover the table aloud: present → past → future → progressive.
- Write three original sentences with 크다 using time words.
- Open the interactive conjugator tool page and re-check any form you hesitated on.
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