슬프다 conjugation

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Common mistakes

ㅡ drops before 아/어; the syllable before decides which one: 바쁘다 → 바빠요, 예쁘다 → 예뻐요.

~~슬프어요~~ → 슬퍼요 Polite present
~~슬프었어요~~ → 슬펐어요 Polite past
~~슬프었습니다~~ → 슬펐습니다 Formal past
~~슬프어~~ → 슬퍼 Casual

Core forms

Polite present-아/어요	슬퍼요not: ~~슬프어요~~
Polite past-았/었어요	슬펐어요not: ~~슬프었어요~~
Polite negative-지 않아요	슬프지 않아요
Formal present-(스)ㅂ니다	슬픕니다
Formal past-았/었습니다	슬펐습니다not: ~~슬프었습니다~~
Casual-아/어	슬퍼not: ~~슬프어~~
Plain, written-ㄴ/는다	슬프다
And, linking-고	슬프고

Advanced forms

If-(으)면	슬프면
Future, intention-(으)ㄹ 거예요	슬플 거예요
Because-아/어서	슬퍼서not: ~~슬프어서~~
Modifier-는 / -(으)ㄴ	슬픈

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