둥글다

to be round, circular

TOPIK 3 3급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
둥근
아/어Infinitive
둥글어
-으니Since
둥그니
합니다Formal
둥급니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 둥글어요둥급니다둥글어둥글다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 둥글었어요둥글었습니다둥글었어둥글었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 둥글겠어요둥글겠습니다둥글겠어둥글겠다
-을 것이다Going to 둥글 거예요둥글 것입니다둥글 거야둥글 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 둥글어요?둥급니까?둥글어?둥그니?
과거Past 둥글었어요?둥글었습니까?둥글었어?둥글었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 둥글어요안 둥급니다안 둥글어안 둥글다
-지 않다Not (long) 둥글지 않아요둥글지 않습니다둥글지 않아둥글지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 둥그세요둥그십니다둥그셔둥그시다
과거Past 둥그셨어요둥그셨습니다둥그셨어둥그셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
둥근
과거Past
둥근
미래Future
둥글
회상Used to
둥글던

Joining clauses

-고and
둥글고
-게-ly / so that
둥글게
-어서so / and then
둥글어서
-으니까since
둥그니까
-으면if / when
둥글면
-지만but
둥글지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
둥근데
-어도even if
둥글어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

왜 둥근 모양을 사용했을까요 ?

And what about all those round things I noticed?

지구가 둥글다는데 회의적인 사람은 없었죠.

I didn't find a single round earth skeptic.

우리는 둥글게 둥글게 더욱 빠르게 달립니다. 어딘가로 가기 위해서요.

We run round and round, faster and faster, trying to get somewhere.

첫째로, 교육받은 사람들은 아리스토텔레스 때부터 지구가 둥글다는걸 알았습니다.

First of all, educated people knew the world was round since Aristotle.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 둥글다 in Korean?

둥글다 (to be round, circular) is 둥글어요 in the polite 해요체, 둥급니다 in formal 합니다체, 둥글어 in casual 반말 and 둥글다 in the plain written style. The past is 둥글었어요.

What is the past tense of 둥글다?

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

Is 둥글다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 둥급니다, 둥글어, 둥그니 all keep 둥글 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 둥글다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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