Verbseoul.Korean verb conjugator
으 irregular (adj)
바쁘다bappeudato be busy

To say to be busy politely in the present tense, use 바빠요 (bah-bbah-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 바쁘다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
바빠
bah-bbah
바빠요
bah-bbah-yoh
바쁩니다
bah-bbeum-nee-dah
Past
바빴어
bah-bbah-ssuh
바빴어요
bah-bbah-ssuh-yoh
바빴습니다
bah-bbah-sseum-nee-dah
Future
바쁠 거야
bah-bbeul- -guh-yah
바쁠 거예요
bah-bbeul- -guh-yae-yoh
바쁠 겁니다
bah-bbeul- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
바쁘세요
bah-bbeu-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
바빠요
bah-bbah-yoh
Question Polite (요)
바빠요?
bah-bbah-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
바쁘고
bah-bbeu-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
바쁘면
bah-bbeu-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
바쁨
bah-bbeum