비리다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be fishy

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 비리다 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
비린
아/어Infinitive
비려
-으니Since
비리니
합니다Formal
비립니다

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 비려요비립니다비려비리다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비렸어요비렸습니다비렸어비렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비리겠어요비리겠습니다비리겠어비리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비릴 거예요비릴 것입니다비릴 거야비릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비려요?비립니까?비려?비리니?
과거Past 비렸어요?비렸습니까?비렸어?비렸니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 비려요안 비립니다안 비려안 비리다
-지 않다Not (long) 비리지 않아요비리지 않습니다비리지 않아비리지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비리세요비리십니다비리셔비리시다
과거Past 비리셨어요비리셨습니다비리셨어비리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비린
과거Past
비린
미래Future
비릴
회상Used to
비리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비리고
-게-ly / so that
비리게
-어서so / and then
비려서
-으니까since
비리니까
-으면if / when
비리면
-지만but
비리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비린데
-어도even if
비려도

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.

그래도 뭔가 비린 냄새가 나요

But something's still fishy about this whole mess,

우리 집 생선 굽는 냄새가 그렇게 비려?

Does the smell of my grilled fish disgust you?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비리다 in Korean?

비리다 (to be fishy) is 비려요 in the polite 해요체, 비립니다 in formal 합니다체, 비려 in casual 반말 and 비리다 in the plain written style. The past is 비렸어요.

What is the past tense of 비리다?

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

Is 비리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 비립니다, 비려, 비리니 all keep 비리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 비리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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