앓다 Korean verb conjugation

to suffer from an illness

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 앓다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
앓는
아/어Infinitive
앓아
-으니Since
앓으니
합니다Formal
앓습니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 앓아요앓습니다앓아앓는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 앓았어요앓았습니다앓았어앓았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 앓겠어요앓겠습니다앓겠어앓겠다
-을 것이다Going to 앓을 거예요앓을 것입니다앓을 거야앓을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 앓아요?앓습니까?앓아?앓니?
과거Past 앓았어요?앓았습니까?앓았어?앓았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 앓으세요앓으십시오앓아앓아라
청유Let's 앓아요앓읍시다앓아앓자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 앓아요안 앓습니다안 앓아안 앓는다
-지 않다Not (long) 앓지 않아요앓지 않습니다앓지 않아앓지 않는다
Cannot 못 앓아요못 앓습니다못 앓아못 앓는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 앓으세요앓으십니다앓으셔앓으신다
과거Past 앓으셨어요앓으셨습니다앓으셨어앓으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
앓는
과거Past
앓은
미래Future
앓을
회상Used to
앓던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
앓고
-게-ly / so that
앓게
-어서so / and then
앓아서
-으니까since
앓으니까
-으면if / when
앓으면
-지만but
앓지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
앓는데
-어도even if
앓아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 앓고 있어요앓고 있습니다앓고 있어앓고 있다
과거Was doing 앓고 있었어요앓고 있었습니다앓고 있었어앓고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

저는 여전히 투렛 증후군을 앓고 있습니다.

I still have Tourette syndrome.

그녀가 기억할 수 있는 때부터 트라코마를 앓았습니다.

She had had trachoma for as long as she could remember.

CRS를 앓지 않는 환자들은 대부분 병이 낫지 않습니다.

Patients who do not get CRS are often those who are not cured.

톰이 앓는 소리를 했어.

Tom groaned.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 앓다 in Korean?

앓다 (to suffer from an illness) is 앓아요 in the polite 해요체, 앓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 앓아 in casual 반말 and 앓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 앓았어요.

What is the past tense of 앓다?

앓았어요 in everyday polite speech, 앓았습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 앓아 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 앓다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 앓습니다, 앓아, 앓으니 all keep 앓 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 앓다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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