엉키다

to be matted, tangled up

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엉키는
아/어Infinitive
엉켜
-으니Since
엉키니
합니다Formal
엉킵니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엉켜요엉킵니다엉켜엉킨다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엉켰어요엉켰습니다엉켰어엉켰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엉키겠어요엉키겠습니다엉키겠어엉키겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엉킬 거예요엉킬 것입니다엉킬 거야엉킬 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엉켜요?엉킵니까?엉켜?엉키니?
과거Past 엉켰어요?엉켰습니까?엉켰어?엉켰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 엉키세요엉키십시오엉켜엉켜라
청유Let's 엉켜요엉킵시다엉켜엉키자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엉켜요안 엉킵니다안 엉켜안 엉킨다
-지 않다Not (long) 엉키지 않아요엉키지 않습니다엉키지 않아엉키지 않는다
못Cannot 못 엉켜요못 엉킵니다못 엉켜못 엉킨다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엉키세요엉키십니다엉키셔엉키신다
과거Past 엉키셨어요엉키셨습니다엉키셨어엉키셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엉키는
과거Past
엉킨
미래Future
엉킬
회상Used to
엉키던

Joining clauses

-고and
엉키고
-게-ly / so that
엉키게
-어서so / and then
엉켜서
-으니까since
엉키니까
-으면if / when
엉키면
-지만but
엉키지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엉키는데
-어도even if
엉켜도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 엉키고 있어요엉키고 있습니다엉키고 있어엉키고 있다
과거Was doing 엉키고 있었어요엉키고 있었습니다엉키고 있었어엉키고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이건 흥미롭네요. 글씨가 엉켜있기 때문입니다.

This one's interesting, because the writing undulates.

11시: 해결 엉킨 이야기들이 모두 풀립니다.

11:00: Resolution All the tangled plot lines get straightened out.

전선이 다발로 엉켜 있다

the cables are tangled in clumps

왜냐하면 다른 많은 것들이 엉켜 있거든

Because she's all wrapped up with everything else-

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엉키다 in Korean?

엉키다 (to be matted, tangled up) is 엉켜요 in the polite 해요체, 엉킵니다 in formal 합니다체, 엉켜 in casual 반말 and 엉킨다 in the plain written style. The past is 엉켰어요.

What is the past tense of 엉키다?

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

Is 엉키다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 엉킵니다, 엉켜, 엉키니 all keep 엉키 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 엉키다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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