벗기다 Korean verb conjugation

to take off, to undress

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 벗기다 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
벗기는
아/어Infinitive
벗겨
-으니Since
벗기니
합니다Formal
벗깁니다

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 벗겨요벗깁니다벗겨벗긴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 벗겼어요벗겼습니다벗겼어벗겼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 벗기겠어요벗기겠습니다벗기겠어벗기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 벗길 거예요벗길 것입니다벗길 거야벗길 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벗겨요?벗깁니까?벗겨?벗기니?
과거Past 벗겼어요?벗겼습니까?벗겼어?벗겼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 벗기세요벗기십시오벗겨벗겨라
청유Let's 벗겨요벗깁시다벗겨벗기자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 벗겨요안 벗깁니다안 벗겨안 벗긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 벗기지 않아요벗기지 않습니다벗기지 않아벗기지 않는다
Cannot 못 벗겨요못 벗깁니다못 벗겨못 벗긴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벗기세요벗기십니다벗기셔벗기신다
과거Past 벗기셨어요벗기셨습니다벗기셨어벗기셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
벗기는
과거Past
벗긴
미래Future
벗길
회상Used to
벗기던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
벗기고
-게-ly / so that
벗기게
-어서so / and then
벗겨서
-으니까since
벗기니까
-으면if / when
벗기면
-지만but
벗기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
벗기는데
-어도even if
벗겨도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 벗기고 있어요벗기고 있습니다벗기고 있어벗기고 있다
과거Was doing 벗기고 있었어요벗기고 있었습니다벗기고 있었어벗기고 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 층을 벗기고 그것을 드러냅니다.

I peel back the layers and expose it.

내 껍질을 왜 벗겨!

She's peeling me fucking skin!

무슨 일 나기 전에 빨리 벗겨

Just pull it off quickly before something happens.

말 그대로 얼굴을 벗겨 내는 거죠

He'll literally pull your face off.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 벗기다 in Korean?

벗기다 (to take off, to undress) is 벗겨요 in the polite 해요체, 벗깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 벗겨 in casual 반말 and 벗긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 벗겼어요.

What is the past tense of 벗기다?

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

Is 벗기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 벗깁니다, 벗겨, 벗기니 all keep 벗기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 벗기다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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