To shine; to sparkle in Korean 🇰🇷

빛나다 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• 빛나다 can be broken into 빛 (bit), meaning “light,” and 나다 (nada), meaning “to come out” or “to appear.” Imagining light emerging or “coming out” helps you remember that it means “to shine” or “to sparkle.”
• The similar-sounding 나다 may remind you of “nada” in Spanish, which means “nothing”—you can playfully imagine even “nothing” can be bright if it shines.

Explanations and synonyms:
• 빛나다 means “to shine” or “to sparkle,” referring to something that gives off light or has a brilliant appearance.
• Synonyms include 반짝이다 (banjjagida, “to twinkle/sparkle”) and 번쩍이다 (beonjeokida, “to flash or gleam”).

Conjugations (using polite informal endings):
• Infinitive: 빛나다 (bitnada)
• Present: 빛나요 (bitnayo) – “shines”
• Past: 빛났어요 (bitnasseoyo) – “shined”
• Future: 빛날 거예요 (bitnal geoyeyo) – “will shine”
• Progressive: 빛나고 있어요 (bitnago isseoyo) – “is shining”

Additional forms (plain style):
• Present: 빛난다 (bitnanda)
• Past: 빛났다 (bitnatda)
• Future: 빛날 것이다 (bitnal geosida)

Example sentences:
1. The stars shine in the night sky.
 • 밤하늘에 별들이 빛나요. (Bamhaneure byeolddeuri bitnayo.)
2. Her eyes sparkled with joy.
 • 그녀의 눈이 기쁨으로 빛났어요. (Geunyeoui nuni gippeumeuro bitnasseoyo.)
3. The diamond will shine under the spotlight.
 • 다이아몬드는 스포트라이트 아래서 빛날 거예요. (Daiamondeuneun seupoteuraiteu araeseo bitnal geoyeyo.)

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