찾아다니다 Korean verb conjugation
to go around to meet somebody or see places
Every form of 찾아다니다 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
- 찾아다니는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 찾아다녀
- -으니Since
- 찾아다니니
- 합니다Formal
- 찾아다닙니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찾아다녀요 | 찾아다닙니다 | 찾아다녀 | 찾아다닌다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찾아다녔어요 | 찾아다녔습니다 | 찾아다녔어 | 찾아다녔다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 찾아다니겠어요 | 찾아다니겠습니다 | 찾아다니겠어 | 찾아다니겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 찾아다닐 거예요 | 찾아다닐 것입니다 | 찾아다닐 거야 | 찾아다닐 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찾아다녀요? | 찾아다닙니까? | 찾아다녀? | 찾아다니니? |
| 과거Past | 찾아다녔어요? | 찾아다녔습니까? | 찾아다녔어? | 찾아다녔니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 찾아다니세요 | 찾아다니십시오 | 찾아다녀 | 찾아다녀라 |
| 청유Let's | 찾아다녀요 | 찾아다닙시다 | 찾아다녀 | 찾아다니자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 찾아다녀요 | 안 찾아다닙니다 | 안 찾아다녀 | 안 찾아다닌다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 찾아다니지 않아요 | 찾아다니지 않습니다 | 찾아다니지 않아 | 찾아다니지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 찾아다녀요 | 못 찾아다닙니다 | 못 찾아다녀 | 못 찾아다닌다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찾아다니세요 | 찾아다니십니다 | 찾아다니셔 | 찾아다니신다 |
| 과거Past | 찾아다니셨어요 | 찾아다니셨습니다 | 찾아다니셨어 | 찾아다니셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 찾아다니는
- 과거Past
- 찾아다닌
- 미래Future
- 찾아다닐
- 회상Used to
- 찾아다니던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 찾아다니고
- -게-ly / so that
- 찾아다니게
- -어서so / and then
- 찾아다녀서
- -으니까since
- 찾아다니니까
- -으면if / when
- 찾아다니면
- -지만but
- 찾아다니지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 찾아다니는데
- -어도even if
- 찾아다녀도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 찾아다니고 있어요 | 찾아다니고 있습니다 | 찾아다니고 있어 | 찾아다니고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 찾아다니고 있었어요 | 찾아다니고 있었습니다 | 찾아다니고 있었어 | 찾아다니고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를/에/로 찾아다니다
- 1이 2를 찾아다니다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
게다가, 어떤 나쁜 과학자들이 그를 실험대상으로 삼으려고 찾아다닙니다.
Not only that, but some really bad scientists want to do some experiments on him, and they're looking for him.
남자를 찾아다니고 싶진 않아
I don't want to go through this, to find somebody.
그래서 예루살렘으로 돌아가 그를 찾아다녔다.
He must travel to Jerusalem to search for her.
우린 춤추러 가거나, 말이 필요 없는 시끄러운 곳을 찾아다녔어
We'd go dancing. Go someplace loud, where we don't have to talk.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 찾아다니다 in Korean?
찾아다니다 (to go around to meet somebody or see places) is 찾아다녀요 in the polite 해요체, 찾아다닙니다 in formal 합니다체, 찾아다녀 in casual 반말 and 찾아다닌다 in the plain written style. The past is 찾아다녔어요.
What is the past tense of 찾아다니다?
찾아다녔어요 in everyday polite speech, 찾아다녔습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 찾아다녀 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 찾아다니다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찾아다닙니다, 찾아다녀, 찾아다니니 all keep 찾아다니 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 찾아다니다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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