알아내다 Korean verb conjugation

to find out, to discover

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 알아내다 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
알아내는
아/어Infinitive
알아내
-으니Since
알아내니
합니다Formal
알아냅니다

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 알아내요알아냅니다알아내알아낸다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 알아냈어요알아냈습니다알아냈어알아냈다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 알아내겠어요알아내겠습니다알아내겠어알아내겠다
-을 것이다Going to 알아낼 거예요알아낼 것입니다알아낼 거야알아낼 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 알아내요?알아냅니까?알아내?알아내니?
과거Past 알아냈어요?알아냈습니까?알아냈어?알아냈니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 알아내세요알아내십시오알아내알아내라
청유Let's 알아내요알아냅시다알아내알아내자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 알아내요안 알아냅니다안 알아내안 알아낸다
-지 않다Not (long) 알아내지 않아요알아내지 않습니다알아내지 않아알아내지 않는다
Cannot 못 알아내요못 알아냅니다못 알아내못 알아낸다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 알아내세요알아내십니다알아내셔알아내신다
과거Past 알아내셨어요알아내셨습니다알아내셨어알아내셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
알아내는
과거Past
알아낸
미래Future
알아낼
회상Used to
알아내던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
알아내고
-게-ly / so that
알아내게
-어서so / and then
알아내서
-으니까since
알아내니까
-으면if / when
알아내면
-지만but
알아내지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
알아내는데
-어도even if
알아내도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 알아내고 있어요알아내고 있습니다알아내고 있어알아내고 있다
과거Was doing 알아내고 있었어요알아내고 있었습니다알아내고 있었어알아내고 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.

뭐 알아낸 거 있어?

Did you get anything?

그들은 거짓말을 알아내지 못합니다.

No, they cannot detect children's lies.

우리는 뭔가 알아낸 것이 있습니다.

We knew we were onto something.

저희는 비용과 이익에 대해 알아냈습니다.

We have costs, and we have revenue.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 알아내다 in Korean?

알아내다 (to find out, to discover) is 알아내요 in the polite 해요체, 알아냅니다 in formal 합니다체, 알아내 in casual 반말 and 알아낸다 in the plain written style. The past is 알아냈어요.

What is the past tense of 알아내다?

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

Is 알아내다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 알아냅니다, 알아내, 알아내니 all keep 알아내 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 알아내다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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