닮다

to resemble, to look like

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
닮는
아/어Infinitive
닮아
-으니Since
닮으니
합니다Formal
닮습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 닮아요닮습니다닮아닮는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 닮았어요닮았습니다닮았어닮았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 닮겠어요닮겠습니다닮겠어닮겠다
-을 것이다Going to 닮을 거예요닮을 것입니다닮을 거야닮을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 닮아요?닮습니까?닮아?닮니?
과거Past 닮았어요?닮았습니까?닮았어?닮았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 닮으세요닮으십시오닮아닮아라
청유Let's 닮아요닮읍시다닮아닮자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 닮아요안 닮습니다안 닮아안 닮는다
-지 않다Not (long) 닮지 않아요닮지 않습니다닮지 않아닮지 않는다
못Cannot 못 닮아요못 닮습니다못 닮아못 닮는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 닮으세요닮으십니다닮으셔닮으신다
과거Past 닮으셨어요닮으셨습니다닮으셨어닮으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
닮는
과거Past
닮은
미래Future
닮을
회상Used to
닮던

Joining clauses

-고and
닮고
-게-ly / so that
닮게
-어서so / and then
닮아서
-으니까since
닮으니까
-으면if / when
닮으면
-지만but
닮지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
닮는데
-어도even if
닮아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 닮고 있어요닮고 있습니다닮고 있어닮고 있다
과거Was doing 닮고 있었어요닮고 있었습니다닮고 있었어닮고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여러 면에서 유튜브는 교실과 닮았다고 생각합니다.

But I think in a lot of ways, the YouTube page resembles a classroom.

나는 우리 아빠를 닮았어.

I am like my father.

네 아들은 너를 닮지 않았다.

Your son isn't like you.

모두가 나를 아버지와 꼭 닮았다고 말해.

Everybody says I look like my father.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 닮다 in Korean?

닮다 (to resemble, to look like) is 닮아요 in the polite 해요체, 닮습니다 in formal 합니다체, 닮아 in casual 반말 and 닮는다 in the plain written style. The past is 닮았어요.

What is the past tense of 닮다?

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

Is 닮다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 닮습니다, 닮아, 닮으니 all keep 닮 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 닮다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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