없다 Korean verb conjugation

to have none

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 없다 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
없는
아/어Infinitive
없어
-으니Since
없으니
합니다Formal
없습니다

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 없어요없습니다없어없다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 없었어요없었습니다없었어없었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 없겠어요없겠습니다없겠어없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 없을 거예요없을 것입니다없을 거야없을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 없어요?없습니까?없어?없니?
과거Past 없었어요?없었습니까?없었어?없었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 없으세요없으십시오없어없어라
청유Let's 없어요없읍시다없어없자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 없어요안 없습니다안 없어안 없다
-지 않다Not (long) 없지 않아요없지 않습니다없지 않아없지 않는다
Cannot 못 없어요못 없습니다못 없어못 없다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 없으세요없으십니다없으셔없으신다
과거Past 없으셨어요없으셨습니다없으셨어없으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
없는
과거Past
없은
미래Future
없을
회상Used to
없던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
없고
-게-ly / so that
없게
-어서so / and then
없어서
-으니까since
없으니까
-으면if / when
없으면
-지만but
없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
없는데
-어도even if
없어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 없고 있어요없고 있습니다없고 있어없고 있다
과거Was doing 없고 있었어요없고 있었습니다없고 있었어없고 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.

나스라가 할 수 있는 것은 없습니다.

Nasra doesn't stand a chance in there.

할 수가 없다, 될 수가 없다고 했습니다.

You just can't do it. It can't be done.

없을 수는 없습니다.

It's never zero.

북한에는 맥도날드가 없습니다.

There's no McDonald's in North Korea.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 없다 in Korean?

없다 (to have none) is 없어요 in the polite 해요체, 없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 없어 in casual 반말 and 없다 in the plain written style. The past is 없었어요.

What is the past tense of 없다?

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

Is 없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 없습니다, 없어, 없으니 all keep 없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 없다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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