둔갑하다 Korean verb conjugation
to transform, to turn into, to change into
Every form of 둔갑하다 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
- 둔갑하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 둔갑하
- -으니Since
- 둔갑하니
- 합니다Formal
- 둔갑합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 둔갑하요 | 둔갑합니다 | 둔갑하 | 둔갑한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 둔갑핬어요 | 둔갑핬습니다 | 둔갑핬어 | 둔갑핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 둔갑하겠어요 | 둔갑하겠습니다 | 둔갑하겠어 | 둔갑하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 둔갑할 거예요 | 둔갑할 것입니다 | 둔갑할 거야 | 둔갑할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 둔갑하요? | 둔갑합니까? | 둔갑하? | 둔갑하니? |
| 과거Past | 둔갑핬어요? | 둔갑핬습니까? | 둔갑핬어? | 둔갑핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 둔갑하세요 | 둔갑하십시오 | 둔갑하 | 둔갑하라 |
| 청유Let's | 둔갑하요 | 둔갑합시다 | 둔갑하 | 둔갑하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 둔갑하요 | 안 둔갑합니다 | 안 둔갑하 | 안 둔갑한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 둔갑하지 않아요 | 둔갑하지 않습니다 | 둔갑하지 않아 | 둔갑하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 둔갑하요 | 못 둔갑합니다 | 못 둔갑하 | 못 둔갑한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 둔갑하세요 | 둔갑하십니다 | 둔갑하셔 | 둔갑하신다 |
| 과거Past | 둔갑하셨어요 | 둔갑하셨습니다 | 둔갑하셨어 | 둔갑하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 둔갑하는
- 과거Past
- 둔갑한
- 미래Future
- 둔갑할
- 회상Used to
- 둔갑하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 둔갑하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 둔갑하게
- -어서so / and then
- 둔갑하서
- -으니까since
- 둔갑하니까
- -으면if / when
- 둔갑하면
- -지만but
- 둔갑하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 둔갑하는데
- -어도even if
- 둔갑하도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 둔갑하고 있어요 | 둔갑하고 있습니다 | 둔갑하고 있어 | 둔갑하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 둔갑하고 있었어요 | 둔갑하고 있었습니다 | 둔갑하고 있었어 | 둔갑하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2로 둔갑하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
게다가, 이런 내용들은 뉴스로 둔갑하지도 않은 채 돌아다닙니다.
And besides, most of this content doesn't even masquerade as news.
그 시절 그 밥상은 어느 고물장수에게 팔려가 다른 몸으로 둔갑했을지도 모르는 일이다.
That table from those days might gotten sold to some junk shop owner and become transformed into something else.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 둔갑하다 in Korean?
둔갑하다 (to transform, to turn into, to change into) is 둔갑하요 in the polite 해요체, 둔갑합니다 in formal 합니다체, 둔갑하 in casual 반말 and 둔갑한다 in the plain written style. The past is 둔갑핬어요.
What is the past tense of 둔갑하다?
둔갑핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 둔갑핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 둔갑하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 둔갑하다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 둔갑합니다, 둔갑하, 둔갑하니 all keep 둔갑하 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 둔갑하다?
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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