도사리다 Korean verb conjugation

to coil your body like a snake

Every form of 도사리다 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
도사리는
아/어Infinitive
도사려
-으니Since
도사리니
합니다Formal
도사립니다

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 도사려요도사립니다도사려도사린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 도사렸어요도사렸습니다도사렸어도사렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 도사리겠어요도사리겠습니다도사리겠어도사리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 도사릴 거예요도사릴 것입니다도사릴 거야도사릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 도사려요?도사립니까?도사려?도사리니?
과거Past 도사렸어요?도사렸습니까?도사렸어?도사렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 도사리세요도사리십시오도사려도사려라
청유Let's 도사려요도사립시다도사려도사리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 도사려요안 도사립니다안 도사려안 도사린다
-지 않다Not (long) 도사리지 않아요도사리지 않습니다도사리지 않아도사리지 않는다
Cannot 못 도사려요못 도사립니다못 도사려못 도사린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 도사리세요도사리십니다도사리셔도사리신다
과거Past 도사리셨어요도사리셨습니다도사리셨어도사리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
도사리는
과거Past
도사린
미래Future
도사릴
회상Used to
도사리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
도사리고
-게-ly / so that
도사리게
-어서so / and then
도사려서
-으니까since
도사리니까
-으면if / when
도사리면
-지만but
도사리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
도사리는데
-어도even if
도사려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 도사리고 있어요도사리고 있습니다도사리고 있어도사리고 있다
과거Was doing 도사리고 있었어요도사리고 있었습니다도사리고 있었어도사리고 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.

그런 위험도 도사리고 있죠.

There would still be dangers.

왜냐하면 바깥 세상은 많은 위험이 도사리고 있기 때문이죠

But if you're young, you just have to think about what you're doing.

엄청난 위험이 도사리는 분쟁 지역에도 전문의를 특정 지역에 투입할 수 있습니다.

We've even seen it used in conflict zones where there's considerable risk in getting specialist surgeons to certain locations.

많은 함정이 도사리고 있기 때문에 우리는 가만히 있게 되죠.

I think it's difficult because there are so many traps that keep us where we are.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 도사리다 in Korean?

도사리다 (to coil your body like a snake) is 도사려요 in the polite 해요체, 도사립니다 in formal 합니다체, 도사려 in casual 반말 and 도사린다 in the plain written style. The past is 도사렸어요.

What is the past tense of 도사리다?

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

Is 도사리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 도사립니다, 도사려, 도사리니 all keep 도사리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 도사리다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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