Nervous in Korean 🇰🇷

긴장하다 info.

Tips to remember:
• Associate “긴장” (ginjang) with “tightening” as when muscles tense up when you're nervous.
• Remember that many Korean adjectives and verbs ending with “하다” indicate doing the action—in this case, “to be nervous.”

Explanations:
• “긴장하다” (ginjanghada) is a verb meaning “to be nervous” or “to be tense.”
• It is used in contexts where someone feels anxiety or tension before a performance, exam, or important event.

Synonyms/Related words:
• 초조하다 (chojohada) – to be anxious or impatient.
• 불안해하다 (buranhaehada) – to feel uneasy or insecure.
• 떨리다 (tteolrida) – to tremble or shake (often used to describe nervous physical reactions).

Conjugations:
• Infinitive: 긴장하다 (ginjanghada) – to be nervous
• Present informal low: 긴장해 (ginjanghae)
• Present formal polite: 긴장합니다 (ginjanghamnida)
• Past informal low: 긴장했어 (ginjanghaesseo)
• Past formal polite: 긴장했습니다 (ginjanghaetseumnida)
• Future informal low: 긴장할 거야 (ginjanghal geoya)
• Future formal polite: 긴장할 것입니다 (ginjanghal geoseumnida)

Example sentences:
• 시험 전에 학생들이 많이 긴장해.
(Siheom jeon-e haksaengdeuri manhi ginjanghae.)
Translation: Students are very nervous before exams.
• 나는 오늘 중요한 발표 때문에 긴장했습니다.
(Naneun oneul jung-yohan balpyo ttaemune ginjanghaetseumnida.)
Translation: I was nervous today because of an important presentation.
• 내일 인터뷰가 있어서 조금 긴장할 거야.
(Naeil inteobyu-ga isseoseo jogeum ginjanghal geoya.)
Translation: I will be a little nervous because I have an interview tomorrow.

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