얽히다 Korean verb conjugation

to be tangled

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 얽히다 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
얽히는
아/어Infinitive
얽혀
-으니Since
얽히니
합니다Formal
얽힙니다

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 얽혀요얽힙니다얽혀얽힌다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얽혔어요얽혔습니다얽혔어얽혔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

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

의문Questions

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

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얽히세요얽히십시오얽혀얽혀라
청유Let's 얽혀요얽힙시다얽혀얽히자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 얽혀요안 얽힙니다안 얽혀안 얽힌다
-지 않다Not (long) 얽히지 않아요얽히지 않습니다얽히지 않아얽히지 않는다
Cannot 못 얽혀요못 얽힙니다못 얽혀못 얽힌다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얽히세요얽히십니다얽히셔얽히신다
과거Past 얽히셨어요얽히셨습니다얽히셨어얽히셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
얽히는
과거Past
얽힌
미래Future
얽힐
회상Used to
얽히던

연결Joining 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

진행In progress

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

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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