드나들다 Korean verb conjugation

to come and go

Every form of 드나들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
드나드는
아/어Infinitive
드나들어
-으니Since
드나드니
합니다Formal
드나듭니다

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 드나들어요드나듭니다드나들어드나든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 드나들었어요드나들었습니다드나들었어드나들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 드나들겠어요드나들겠습니다드나들겠어드나들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 드나들 거예요드나들 것입니다드나들 거야드나들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 드나들어요?드나듭니까?드나들어?드나드니?
과거Past 드나들었어요?드나들었습니까?드나들었어?드나들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 드나드세요드나드십시오드나들어드나들어라
청유Let's 드나들어요드나듭시다드나들어드나들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 드나들어요안 드나듭니다안 드나들어안 드나든다
-지 않다Not (long) 드나들지 않아요드나들지 않습니다드나들지 않아드나들지 않는다
Cannot 못 드나들어요못 드나듭니다못 드나들어못 드나든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 드나드세요드나드십니다드나드셔드나드신다
과거Past 드나드셨어요드나드셨습니다드나드셨어드나드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
드나드는
과거Past
드나든
미래Future
드나들
회상Used to
드나들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
드나들고
-게-ly / so that
드나들게
-어서so / and then
드나들어서
-으니까since
드나드니까
-으면if / when
드나들면
-지만but
드나들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
드나드는데
-어도even if
드나들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 드나들고 있어요드나들고 있습니다드나들고 있어드나들고 있다
과거Was doing 드나들고 있었어요드나들고 있었습니다드나들고 있었어드나들고 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.

난 평생 술집을 드나들었죠

I've been a pub man all my life.

이 마을은 사람들이 그냥 드나드는 곳이니까요

People come and go in this town.

여긴 내 집이야, 프링크 씨 함부로 드나들면 안 돼

This is my home, Mr. Frink, and strictly off limits.

2002년에서 2004년 사이에 서드워스를 드나들었어요

He was in and out of the Sudworth Place from 2002 to 2004.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 드나들다 in Korean?

드나들다 (to come and go) is 드나들어요 in the polite 해요체, 드나듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 드나들어 in casual 반말 and 드나든다 in the plain written style. The past is 드나들었어요.

What is the past tense of 드나들다?

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

Is 드나들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 드나들어 and 드나드니 but unchanged in 드나듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 드나들다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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