박다 Korean verb conjugation

to drive in, to hammer

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 박다 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
박는
아/어Infinitive
박아
-으니Since
박으니
합니다Formal
박습니다

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 박아요박습니다박아박는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 박았어요박았습니다박았어박았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 박겠어요박겠습니다박겠어박겠다
-을 것이다Going to 박을 거예요박을 것입니다박을 거야박을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 박아요?박습니까?박아?박니?
과거Past 박았어요?박았습니까?박았어?박았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 박으세요박으십시오박아박아라
청유Let's 박아요박읍시다박아박자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 박아요안 박습니다안 박아안 박는다
-지 않다Not (long) 박지 않아요박지 않습니다박지 않아박지 않는다
Cannot 못 박아요못 박습니다못 박아못 박는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 박으세요박으십니다박으셔박으신다
과거Past 박으셨어요박으셨습니다박으셨어박으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
박는
과거Past
박은
미래Future
박을
회상Used to
박던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
박고
-게-ly / so that
박게
-어서so / and then
박아서
-으니까since
박으니까
-으면if / when
박으면
-지만but
박지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
박는데
-어도even if
박아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 박고 있어요박고 있습니다박고 있어박고 있다
과거Was doing 박고 있었어요박고 있었습니다박고 있었어박고 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.

이 나무는 뿌리를 매우 깊이 박는다.

This tree takes root very deeply.

한복을 곱게 박다

to stitch a hanbok finely

그 때에는 벽에 박는 못 말고는 살 물건이 없었습니다.

There was nothing to buy, unless you wanted to buy some rivets.

나무! 박을 거 같아!

I'm gonna hit it!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 박다 in Korean?

박다 (to drive in, to hammer) is 박아요 in the polite 해요체, 박습니다 in formal 합니다체, 박아 in casual 반말 and 박는다 in the plain written style. The past is 박았어요.

What is the past tense of 박다?

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

Is 박다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 박습니다, 박아, 박으니 all keep 박 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 박다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.