얼룩지다 Korean verb conjugation

to become stained

Every form of 얼룩지다 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
얼룩지는
아/어Infinitive
얼룩져
-으니Since
얼룩지니
합니다Formal
얼룩집니다

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 얼룩져요얼룩집니다얼룩져얼룩진다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얼룩졌어요얼룩졌습니다얼룩졌어얼룩졌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얼룩지겠어요얼룩지겠습니다얼룩지겠어얼룩지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얼룩질 거예요얼룩질 것입니다얼룩질 거야얼룩질 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얼룩져요?얼룩집니까?얼룩져?얼룩지니?
과거Past 얼룩졌어요?얼룩졌습니까?얼룩졌어?얼룩졌니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얼룩지세요얼룩지십시오얼룩져얼룩져라
청유Let's 얼룩져요얼룩집시다얼룩져얼룩지자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 얼룩져요안 얼룩집니다안 얼룩져안 얼룩진다
-지 않다Not (long) 얼룩지지 않아요얼룩지지 않습니다얼룩지지 않아얼룩지지 않는다
Cannot 못 얼룩져요못 얼룩집니다못 얼룩져못 얼룩진다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얼룩지세요얼룩지십니다얼룩지셔얼룩지신다
과거Past 얼룩지셨어요얼룩지셨습니다얼룩지셨어얼룩지셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
얼룩지는
과거Past
얼룩진
미래Future
얼룩질
회상Used to
얼룩지던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
얼룩지고
-게-ly / so that
얼룩지게
-어서so / and then
얼룩져서
-으니까since
얼룩지니까
-으면if / when
얼룩지면
-지만but
얼룩지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얼룩지는데
-어도even if
얼룩져도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얼룩지고 있어요얼룩지고 있습니다얼룩지고 있어얼룩지고 있다
과거Was doing 얼룩지고 있었어요얼룩지고 있었습니다얼룩지고 있었어얼룩지고 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.

제 학생들은 전쟁으로 얼룩진 나라에서 왔습니다.

My students come from war-torn countries.

얼굴이 먼지와 피, 땀으로 얼룩진 이에게 돌아가는 것이다.

The credit goes to the man in the arena whose face is marred with dust and blood and sweat.

빗물이 벽에 스미어 벽지가 얼룩졌다.

Rain has wetted the wall and the wallpaper became stained.

여기 공장 벽은 성실한 노동자들의 피로 얼룩져 있죠

We know these walls are stained with the blood of fine working men.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 얼룩지다 in Korean?

얼룩지다 (to become stained) is 얼룩져요 in the polite 해요체, 얼룩집니다 in formal 합니다체, 얼룩져 in casual 반말 and 얼룩진다 in the plain written style. The past is 얼룩졌어요.

What is the past tense of 얼룩지다?

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

Is 얼룩지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얼룩집니다, 얼룩져, 얼룩지니 all keep 얼룩지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얼룩지다?

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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