얽히다

to be tangled

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얽히는
아/어Infinitive
얽혀
-으니Since
얽히니
합니다Formal
얽힙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얽혀요얽힙니다얽혀얽힌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얽혔어요얽혔습니다얽혔어얽혔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얽히겠어요얽히겠습니다얽히겠어얽히겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얽힐 거예요얽힐 것입니다얽힐 거야얽힐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얽혀요?얽힙니까?얽혀?얽히니?
과거Past 얽혔어요?얽혔습니까?얽혔어?얽혔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얽히세요얽히십시오얽혀얽혀라
청유Let's 얽혀요얽힙시다얽혀얽히자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얽혀요안 얽힙니다안 얽혀안 얽힌다
-지 않다Not (long) 얽히지 않아요얽히지 않습니다얽히지 않아얽히지 않는다
못Cannot 못 얽혀요못 얽힙니다못 얽혀못 얽힌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얽히세요얽히십니다얽히셔얽히신다
과거Past 얽히셨어요얽히셨습니다얽히셨어얽히셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얽히는
과거Past
얽힌
미래Future
얽힐
회상Used to
얽히던

Joining clauses

-고and
얽히고
-게-ly / so that
얽히게
-어서so / and then
얽혀서
-으니까since
얽히니까
-으면if / when
얽히면
-지만but
얽히지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얽히는데
-어도even if
얽혀도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얽히고 있어요얽히고 있습니다얽히고 있어얽히고 있다
과거Was doing 얽히고 있었어요얽히고 있었습니다얽히고 있었어얽히고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제이크 그린의 생각처럼 우리 운명은 서로 얽혀있으니까요.

Because like Jake Green understood, our fates are intertwined.

음악이랑 어떻게든 더 이상 얽히고 싶지 않았어요.

I didn't want to have anything to do with this anymore.

전 세계 금융권이 담배 산업과 완전히 얽혀 있었던 겁니다.

It was the entire global finance sector, completely tangled up with the tobacco industry.

그의 관점에서 모두는 사회 구조 안에서 서로 얽혀 있었습니다.

In his view, everyone was inextricably enmeshed in the same social fabric.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얽히다 in Korean?

얽히다 (to be tangled) is 얽혀요 in the polite 해요체, 얽힙니다 in formal 합니다체, 얽혀 in casual 반말 and 얽힌다 in the plain written style. The past is 얽혔어요.

What is the past tense of 얽히다?

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

Is 얽히다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얽힙니다, 얽혀, 얽히니 all keep 얽히 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얽히다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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