어기다 Korean verb conjugation

to violate

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 어기다 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
어기는
아/어Infinitive
어겨
-으니Since
어기니
합니다Formal
어깁니다

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 어겨요어깁니다어겨어긴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 어겼어요어겼습니다어겼어어겼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 어기겠어요어기겠습니다어기겠어어기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 어길 거예요어길 것입니다어길 거야어길 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어겨요?어깁니까?어겨?어기니?
과거Past 어겼어요?어겼습니까?어겼어?어겼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 어기세요어기십시오어겨어겨라
청유Let's 어겨요어깁시다어겨어기자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 어겨요안 어깁니다안 어겨안 어긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 어기지 않아요어기지 않습니다어기지 않아어기지 않는다
Cannot 못 어겨요못 어깁니다못 어겨못 어긴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어기세요어기십니다어기셔어기신다
과거Past 어기셨어요어기셨습니다어기셨어어기셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
어기는
과거Past
어긴
미래Future
어길
회상Used to
어기던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
어기고
-게-ly / so that
어기게
-어서so / and then
어겨서
-으니까since
어기니까
-으면if / when
어기면
-지만but
어기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
어기는데
-어도even if
어겨도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 어기고 있어요어기고 있습니다어기고 있어어기고 있다
과거Was doing 어기고 있었어요어기고 있었습니다어기고 있었어어기고 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.

또 누가 규칙을 어길까요?

And who's violating those rules?

넌 여러 가지의 규칙을 어겼다.

You have broken various rules.

규칙을 좀 어기는 걸 두려워하지 마.

Don't be afraid to break the rules a little.

가족의 규칙을 어겨야만 했던 적이 있나요?

Have you every had to break your family's rules?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 어기다 in Korean?

어기다 (to violate) is 어겨요 in the polite 해요체, 어깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 어겨 in casual 반말 and 어긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 어겼어요.

What is the past tense of 어기다?

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

Is 어기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 어깁니다, 어겨, 어기니 all keep 어기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 어기다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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