닿다 Korean verb conjugation

to touch, to reach

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 닿다 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
닿는
아/어Infinitive
닿아
-으니Since
닿으니
합니다Formal
닿습니다

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 닿아요닿습니다닿아닿는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 닿았어요닿았습니다닿았어닿았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 닿겠어요닿겠습니다닿겠어닿겠다
-을 것이다Going to 닿을 거예요닿을 것입니다닿을 거야닿을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 닿아요?닿습니까?닿아?닿니?
과거Past 닿았어요?닿았습니까?닿았어?닿았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 닿으세요닿으십시오닿아닿아라
청유Let's 닿아요닿읍시다닿아닿자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 닿아요안 닿습니다안 닿아안 닿는다
-지 않다Not (long) 닿지 않아요닿지 않습니다닿지 않아닿지 않는다
Cannot 못 닿아요못 닿습니다못 닿아못 닿는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 닿으세요닿으십니다닿으셔닿으신다
과거Past 닿으셨어요닿으셨습니다닿으셨어닿으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
닿는
과거Past
닿은
미래Future
닿을
회상Used to
닿던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
닿고
-게-ly / so that
닿게
-어서so / and then
닿아서
-으니까since
닿으니까
-으면if / when
닿으면
-지만but
닿지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
닿는데
-어도even if
닿아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 닿고 있어요닿고 있습니다닿고 있어닿고 있다
과거Was doing 닿고 있었어요닿고 있었습니다닿고 있었어닿고 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.

조금 더 와닿겠죠.

That might resonate.

별로 와닿지 않을 겁니다. 그렇죠?

It doesn't ring a bell, does it?

누구의 설명보다 더욱 귀에 와 닿습니다.

And he puts it better than anyone I've ever heard it.

이것들은 와닿지 않을 정도로 작을 것입니다.

These would be almost incomprehensibly tiny.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 닿다 in Korean?

닿다 (to touch, to reach) is 닿아요 in the polite 해요체, 닿습니다 in formal 합니다체, 닿아 in casual 반말 and 닿는다 in the plain written style. The past is 닿았어요.

What is the past tense of 닿다?

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

Is 닿다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 닿습니다, 닿아, 닿으니 all keep 닿 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 닿다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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