닳다 Korean verb conjugation

to wear down

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 닳다 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
닳는
아/어Infinitive
닳아
-으니Since
닳으니
합니다Formal
닳습니다

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 닳아요닳습니다닳아닳는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 닳았어요닳았습니다닳았어닳았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 닳겠어요닳겠습니다닳겠어닳겠다
-을 것이다Going to 닳을 거예요닳을 것입니다닳을 거야닳을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 닳아요?닳습니까?닳아?닳니?
과거Past 닳았어요?닳았습니까?닳았어?닳았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 닳으세요닳으십시오닳아닳아라
청유Let's 닳아요닳읍시다닳아닳자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 닳아요안 닳습니다안 닳아안 닳는다
-지 않다Not (long) 닳지 않아요닳지 않습니다닳지 않아닳지 않는다
Cannot 못 닳아요못 닳습니다못 닳아못 닳는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 닳으세요닳으십니다닳으셔닳으신다
과거Past 닳으셨어요닳으셨습니다닳으셨어닳으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
닳는
과거Past
닳은
미래Future
닳을
회상Used to
닳던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
닳고
-게-ly / so that
닳게
-어서so / and then
닳아서
-으니까since
닳으니까
-으면if / when
닳으면
-지만but
닳지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
닳는데
-어도even if
닳아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 닳고 있어요닳고 있습니다닳고 있어닳고 있다
과거Was doing 닳고 있었어요닳고 있었습니다닳고 있었어닳고 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.

그는 닳아진 신발창을 갈아댔다.

He resoled his worn-out shoesoles.

부분적으로 닳았을 뿐 비교적 완전한 모습에 속한다.

Grows easily even in partial to full shade.

아직 일자리를 찾아 발이 닳도록 노력하는 이들을 위해 말입니다

Americans who are still out there pounding the pavement and looking for work.

그 여성들은, 단순히 종종 닳아 헤진 듯 보였습니다.

And such women, simply, often look worn down.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 닳다 in Korean?

닳다 (to wear down) is 닳아요 in the polite 해요체, 닳습니다 in formal 합니다체, 닳아 in casual 반말 and 닳는다 in the plain written style. The past is 닳았어요.

What is the past tense of 닳다?

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

Is 닳다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 닳습니다, 닳아, 닳으니 all keep 닳 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 닳다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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