들키다 Korean verb conjugation

to get caught, to be found out

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 들키다 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
들키는
아/어Infinitive
들켜
-으니Since
들키니
합니다Formal
들킵니다

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 들켜요들킵니다들켜들킨다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들켰어요들켰습니다들켰어들켰다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 들키겠어요들키겠습니다들키겠어들키겠다
-을 것이다Going to 들킬 거예요들킬 것입니다들킬 거야들킬 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들켜요?들킵니까?들켜?들키니?
과거Past 들켰어요?들켰습니까?들켰어?들켰니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 들키세요들키십시오들켜들켜라
청유Let's 들켜요들킵시다들켜들키자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 들켜요안 들킵니다안 들켜안 들킨다
-지 않다Not (long) 들키지 않아요들키지 않습니다들키지 않아들키지 않는다
Cannot 못 들켜요못 들킵니다못 들켜못 들킨다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들키세요들키십니다들키셔들키신다
과거Past 들키셨어요들키셨습니다들키셨어들키셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
들키는
과거Past
들킨
미래Future
들킬
회상Used to
들키던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
들키고
-게-ly / so that
들키게
-어서so / and then
들켜서
-으니까since
들키니까
-으면if / when
들키면
-지만but
들키지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
들키는데
-어도even if
들켜도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 들키고 있어요들키고 있습니다들키고 있어들키고 있다
과거Was doing 들키고 있었어요들키고 있었습니다들키고 있었어들키고 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.

떡치다가 아들한테 들켰다

We were shagging and our son walked in on us

왜 안들켰는지 이해가 안됩니다.

I don't understand why I was never caught.

그럼 들키지 마 바보야

So don't get caught, you priss.

더 높이 날면 들킨다고!

I get any higher, they'll see us!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 들키다 in Korean?

들키다 (to get caught, to be found out) is 들켜요 in the polite 해요체, 들킵니다 in formal 합니다체, 들켜 in casual 반말 and 들킨다 in the plain written style. The past is 들켰어요.

What is the past tense of 들키다?

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

Is 들키다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들킵니다, 들켜, 들키니 all keep 들키 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 들키다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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