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살다 conjugation chart

to live

Action verb

Core anchors source-checked 2026-08-14 · not human-reviewed

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Source-checked core forms

Source-checked anchors

These four finite forms plus the dictionary form are stored literally in Chamelingo’s reviewed catalog.

Source-checked core forms for 살다
Dictionary form살다
Present polite살아요
Past polite살았어요
Future / prediction살 거예요
Present formal삽니다

Speech levels and questions

Derived from anchors

Forms derived from the reviewed polite, formal, and future anchors. Question rows keep the same Korean surface form where Korean normally relies on intonation.

Speech levels and questions for 살다
Present casual살아

해체 / casual listener speech

Past casual살았어

해체 / casual listener speech

Future casual살 거야

casual future / prediction

Future formal살 겁니다

formal future / prediction

Present formal question삽니까?
Present polite question살아요?

same surface form; question intonation

Future polite question살 거예요?

same surface form; question intonation

Future formal question살 겁니까?

Useful connectors

Derived from anchors

High-frequency connective forms built from reviewed anchors without publishing meaning-sensitive constructions.

Useful connectors for 살다
-아/어서 (and / so / because)살아서
-고 나서 (after doing)살고 나서

Common constructions

Derived from anchors

Meaning-neutral connective endings that attach safely to the reviewed dictionary stem. Lexically sensitive constructions are intentionally omitted.

Common constructions for 살다
-고 (and / then)살고
-지만 (but / although)살지만

Notes on 살다

The ㄹ-final stem 살- takes -ㄹ 거예요 without an added 을; ㄹ drops before -ㅂ니다.

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