엎다 Korean verb conjugation

to turn over, to overturn

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 엎다 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
엎는
아/어Infinitive
엎어
-으니Since
엎으니
합니다Formal
엎습니다

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 엎어요엎습니다엎어엎는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엎었어요엎었습니다엎었어엎었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엎겠어요엎겠습니다엎겠어엎겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엎을 거예요엎을 것입니다엎을 거야엎을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엎어요?엎습니까?엎어?엎니?
과거Past 엎었어요?엎었습니까?엎었어?엎었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 엎으세요엎으십시오엎어엎어라
청유Let's 엎어요엎읍시다엎어엎자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 엎어요안 엎습니다안 엎어안 엎는다
-지 않다Not (long) 엎지 않아요엎지 않습니다엎지 않아엎지 않는다
Cannot 못 엎어요못 엎습니다못 엎어못 엎는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엎으세요엎으십니다엎으셔엎으신다
과거Past 엎으셨어요엎으셨습니다엎으셨어엎으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
엎는
과거Past
엎은
미래Future
엎을
회상Used to
엎던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
엎고
-게-ly / so that
엎게
-어서so / and then
엎어서
-으니까since
엎으니까
-으면if / when
엎으면
-지만but
엎지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엎는데
-어도even if
엎어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 엎고 있어요엎고 있습니다엎고 있어엎고 있다
과거Was doing 엎고 있었어요엎고 있었습니다엎고 있었어엎고 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.

경찰은 나를 끌어내 땅바닥에 엎어뜨렸다.

Then I was pushed and fell down.

그냥 다 때려 엎고 싶었다.

And they wanted to just smash everything.

그러니까 누구를 엎어뜨린 건가?

So who were you slipping it to?

어서 찾아! 여길 뒤집어 엎어서라도 찾아 와!

Find him, turn the place upside down if you have to!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 엎다 in Korean?

엎다 (to turn over, to overturn) is 엎어요 in the polite 해요체, 엎습니다 in formal 합니다체, 엎어 in casual 반말 and 엎는다 in the plain written style. The past is 엎었어요.

What is the past tense of 엎다?

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

Is 엎다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 엎습니다, 엎어, 엎으니 all keep 엎 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 엎다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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