받들다 Korean verb conjugation

to serve, honor

Every form of 받들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
받드는
아/어Infinitive
받들어
-으니Since
받드니
합니다Formal
받듭니다

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 받들어요받듭니다받들어받든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 받들었어요받들었습니다받들었어받들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 받들겠어요받들겠습니다받들겠어받들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 받들 거예요받들 것입니다받들 거야받들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 받들어요?받듭니까?받들어?받드니?
과거Past 받들었어요?받들었습니까?받들었어?받들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 받드세요받드십시오받들어받들어라
청유Let's 받들어요받듭시다받들어받들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 받들어요안 받듭니다안 받들어안 받든다
-지 않다Not (long) 받들지 않아요받들지 않습니다받들지 않아받들지 않는다
Cannot 못 받들어요못 받듭니다못 받들어못 받든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 받드세요받드십니다받드셔받드신다
과거Past 받드셨어요받드셨습니다받드셨어받드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
받드는
과거Past
받든
미래Future
받들
회상Used to
받들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
받들고
-게-ly / so that
받들게
-어서so / and then
받들어서
-으니까since
받드니까
-으면if / when
받들면
-지만but
받들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
받드는데
-어도even if
받들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 받들고 있어요받들고 있습니다받들고 있어받들고 있다
과거Was doing 받들고 있었어요받들고 있었습니다받들고 있었어받들고 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.

뜻을 받들다

to honor someone's wishes

정부를 받들다

to support the government

유형의 생명체로 당신의 명령을 받든다고 나와

It's a "creature, corporeal in form, a slave to your commands".

또한 그가 사표로 받들던 안창호도 이미 사망한 뒤였다.

Furthermore, he had devastated the area he just conquered.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 받들다 in Korean?

받들다 (to serve, honor) is 받들어요 in the polite 해요체, 받듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 받들어 in casual 반말 and 받든다 in the plain written style. The past is 받들었어요.

What is the past tense of 받들다?

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

Is 받들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 받들어 and 받드니 but unchanged in 받듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 받들다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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