엎드리다

to lie face down, to prostrate oneself

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엎드리는
아/어Infinitive
엎드려
-으니Since
엎드리니
합니다Formal
엎드립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엎드려요엎드립니다엎드려엎드린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엎드렸어요엎드렸습니다엎드렸어엎드렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엎드리겠어요엎드리겠습니다엎드리겠어엎드리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엎드릴 거예요엎드릴 것입니다엎드릴 거야엎드릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엎드려요?엎드립니까?엎드려?엎드리니?
과거Past 엎드렸어요?엎드렸습니까?엎드렸어?엎드렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 엎드리세요엎드리십시오엎드려엎드려라
청유Let's 엎드려요엎드립시다엎드려엎드리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엎드려요안 엎드립니다안 엎드려안 엎드린다
-지 않다Not (long) 엎드리지 않아요엎드리지 않습니다엎드리지 않아엎드리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 엎드려요못 엎드립니다못 엎드려못 엎드린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엎드리세요엎드리십니다엎드리셔엎드리신다
과거Past 엎드리셨어요엎드리셨습니다엎드리셨어엎드리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엎드리는
과거Past
엎드린
미래Future
엎드릴
회상Used to
엎드리던

Joining clauses

-고and
엎드리고
-게-ly / so that
엎드리게
-어서so / and then
엎드려서
-으니까since
엎드리니까
-으면if / when
엎드리면
-지만but
엎드리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엎드리는데
-어도even if
엎드려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 엎드리고 있어요엎드리고 있습니다엎드리고 있어엎드리고 있다
과거Was doing 엎드리고 있었어요엎드리고 있었습니다엎드리고 있었어엎드리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그냥 다른 데 엎드렸다

I just fell down and another one.

엎드린 채 뒤를 대 주죠

I like it from behind, and on my knees.

셋 세면 엎드려서 숨어요

On three, I want you to get down, and take cover.

그래서 딴 사람 무덤에 엎드렸어?

And you just feel down on somebody's grave?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엎드리다 in Korean?

엎드리다 (to lie face down, to prostrate oneself) is 엎드려요 in the polite 해요체, 엎드립니다 in formal 합니다체, 엎드려 in casual 반말 and 엎드린다 in the plain written style. The past is 엎드렸어요.

What is the past tense of 엎드리다?

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

Is 엎드리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 엎드립니다, 엎드려, 엎드리니 all keep 엎드리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 엎드리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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