불거지다 Korean verb conjugation

to protrude, bulge out

Every form of 불거지다 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
불거지는
아/어Infinitive
불거져
-으니Since
불거지니
합니다Formal
불거집니다

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 불거져요불거집니다불거져불거진다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 불거졌어요불거졌습니다불거졌어불거졌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 불거지겠어요불거지겠습니다불거지겠어불거지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 불거질 거예요불거질 것입니다불거질 거야불거질 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불거져요?불거집니까?불거져?불거지니?
과거Past 불거졌어요?불거졌습니까?불거졌어?불거졌니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 불거지세요불거지십시오불거져불거져라
청유Let's 불거져요불거집시다불거져불거지자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 불거져요안 불거집니다안 불거져안 불거진다
-지 않다Not (long) 불거지지 않아요불거지지 않습니다불거지지 않아불거지지 않는다
Cannot 못 불거져요못 불거집니다못 불거져못 불거진다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 불거지세요불거지십니다불거지셔불거지신다
과거Past 불거지셨어요불거지셨습니다불거지셨어불거지셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
불거지는
과거Past
불거진
미래Future
불거질
회상Used to
불거지던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
불거지고
-게-ly / so that
불거지게
-어서so / and then
불거져서
-으니까since
불거지니까
-으면if / when
불거지면
-지만but
불거지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
불거지는데
-어도even if
불거져도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 불거지고 있어요불거지고 있습니다불거지고 있어불거지고 있다
과거Was doing 불거지고 있었어요불거지고 있었습니다불거지고 있었어불거지고 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 때문에 이명박에 대한 책임론도 불거졌다.

He has even lost his power of speech due to this.

어렵게 복원을 마치자 또 다른 복병이 나타났다. 월트디즈니사와의 저작권 문제가 불거진 것이었다.

Once the reconstruction had been finished with difficulty, there was another unwelcome surprise. A copyright dispute had erupted with the Walt Disney Company.

2008년 8월, 밀러의 사생활을 둘러싼 논쟁이 불거져 영화의 개봉을 지연했다.

In August 2008, controversy surrounding Miller's personal life led to a delay in the film's release.

1802년 바버리 국가들과 갈등이 불거지자, 그는 프리깃 USS 애덤스(USS Adams)의 갑판장으로 지중해에 파견되었다.

When troubles with the Barbary states heated up in 1802, he went to the Mediterranean Sea as first lieutenant of the frigate USS Adams.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 불거지다 in Korean?

불거지다 (to protrude, bulge out) is 불거져요 in the polite 해요체, 불거집니다 in formal 합니다체, 불거져 in casual 반말 and 불거진다 in the plain written style. The past is 불거졌어요.

What is the past tense of 불거지다?

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

Is 불거지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 불거집니다, 불거져, 불거지니 all keep 불거지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 불거지다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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