낫다 conjugation

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Common mistakes

Final ㅅ drops before a vowel and nothing contracts: 짓다 → 지어요, never 져요.

~~낫아요~~ → 나아요 Polite present
~~낫았어요~~ → 나았어요 Polite past
~~낫았습니다~~ → 나았습니다 Formal past
낫아 → 나아 Casual

Core forms

Polite present-아/어요	나아요not: ~~낫아요~~
Polite past-았/었어요	나았어요not: ~~낫았어요~~
Polite negative-지 않아요	낫지 않아요
Formal present-(스)ㅂ니다	낫습니다
Formal past-았/었습니다	나았습니다not: ~~낫았습니다~~
Casual-아/어	나아not: 낫아
Plain, written-ㄴ/는다	낫는다
And, linking-고	낫고

Advanced forms

If-(으)면	나으면not: ~~낫으면~~
Polite request-(으)세요	나으세요not: ~~낫으세요~~
Let us-(으)ㅂ시다	나읍시다not: ~~낫읍시다~~
Future, intention-(으)ㄹ 거예요	나을 거예요not: ~~낫을 거예요~~
In progress-고 있어요	낫고 있어요
Want to-고 싶어요	낫고 싶어요
Because-아/어서	나아서not: ~~낫아서~~
Modifier-는 / -(으)ㄴ	낫는

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