들어서다 Korean verb conjugation

to step into

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 들어서다 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
들어서는
아/어Infinitive
들어서
-으니Since
들어서니
합니다Formal
들어섭니다

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 들어서요들어섭니다들어서들어선다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들어섰어요들어섰습니다들어섰어들어섰다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 들어서겠어요들어서겠습니다들어서겠어들어서겠다
-을 것이다Going to 들어설 거예요들어설 것입니다들어설 거야들어설 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들어서요?들어섭니까?들어서?들어서니?
과거Past 들어섰어요?들어섰습니까?들어섰어?들어섰니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 들어서세요들어서십시오들어서들어서라
청유Let's 들어서요들어섭시다들어서들어서자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 들어서요안 들어섭니다안 들어서안 들어선다
-지 않다Not (long) 들어서지 않아요들어서지 않습니다들어서지 않아들어서지 않는다
Cannot 못 들어서요못 들어섭니다못 들어서못 들어선다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들어서세요들어서십니다들어서셔들어서신다
과거Past 들어서셨어요들어서셨습니다들어서셨어들어서셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
들어서는
과거Past
들어선
미래Future
들어설
회상Used to
들어서던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
들어서고
-게-ly / so that
들어서게
-어서so / and then
들어서서
-으니까since
들어서니까
-으면if / when
들어서면
-지만but
들어서지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
들어서는데
-어도even if
들어서도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 들어서고 있어요들어서고 있습니다들어서고 있어들어서고 있다
과거Was doing 들어서고 있었어요들어서고 있었습니다들어서고 있었어들어서고 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.

여기에 바로 과학이 들어서는 자리입니다.

It turns out this is exactly where the science comes in.

우리는 이제 인류세, 즉 인간의 시대라는 새 시대에 들어섰습니다.

We enter the Anthropocene, the era of human beings.

두 남자가 바에 들어섭니다.

So two guys walk into a bar.

그 말이 제 마음으로 들어서는군요.

That is the word that comes to mind.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 들어서다 in Korean?

들어서다 (to step into) is 들어서요 in the polite 해요체, 들어섭니다 in formal 합니다체, 들어서 in casual 반말 and 들어선다 in the plain written style. The past is 들어섰어요.

What is the past tense of 들어서다?

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

Is 들어서다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들어섭니다, 들어서, 들어서니 all keep 들어서 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 들어서다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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