벌이다

to start, to begin

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
벌이는
아/어Infinitive
벌여
-으니Since
벌이니
합니다Formal
벌입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 벌여요벌입니다벌여벌인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 벌였어요벌였습니다벌였어벌였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 벌이겠어요벌이겠습니다벌이겠어벌이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 벌일 거예요벌일 것입니다벌일 거야벌일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벌여요?벌입니까?벌여?벌이니?
과거Past 벌였어요?벌였습니까?벌였어?벌였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 벌이세요벌이십시오벌여벌여라
청유Let's 벌여요벌입시다벌여벌이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 벌여요안 벌입니다안 벌여안 벌인다
-지 않다Not (long) 벌이지 않아요벌이지 않습니다벌이지 않아벌이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 벌여요못 벌입니다못 벌여못 벌인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벌이세요벌이십니다벌이셔벌이신다
과거Past 벌이셨어요벌이셨습니다벌이셨어벌이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
벌이는
과거Past
벌인
미래Future
벌일
회상Used to
벌이던

Joining clauses

-고and
벌이고
-게-ly / so that
벌이게
-어서so / and then
벌여서
-으니까since
벌이니까
-으면if / when
벌이면
-지만but
벌이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
벌이는데
-어도even if
벌여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 벌이고 있어요벌이고 있습니다벌이고 있어벌이고 있다
과거Was doing 벌이고 있었어요벌이고 있었습니다벌이고 있었어벌이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우린 전쟁을 벌이고 있다

We are engaged in a war,

글로리아, 또 일 벌이지 마

Gloria, now, don't go starting something

일을 이렇게 벌이고 엄마 집엘 와?

And you bring this here? You bring it straight to Mum's?

왜 이렇게 힘들게 일을 벌였을까요?

Why would somebody go to so much effort?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 벌이다 in Korean?

벌이다 (to start, to begin) is 벌여요 in the polite 해요체, 벌입니다 in formal 합니다체, 벌여 in casual 반말 and 벌인다 in the plain written style. The past is 벌였어요.

What is the past tense of 벌이다?

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

Is 벌이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 벌입니다, 벌여, 벌이니 all keep 벌이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 벌이다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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