으스대다 Korean verb conjugation
to brag, boast
Every form of 으스대다 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
- 으스대는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 으스대
- -으니Since
- 으스대니
- 합니다Formal
- 으스댑니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 으스대요 | 으스댑니다 | 으스대 | 으스댄다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 으스댔어요 | 으스댔습니다 | 으스댔어 | 으스댔다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 으스대겠어요 | 으스대겠습니다 | 으스대겠어 | 으스대겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 으스댈 거예요 | 으스댈 것입니다 | 으스댈 거야 | 으스댈 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 으스대요? | 으스댑니까? | 으스대? | 으스대니? |
| 과거Past | 으스댔어요? | 으스댔습니까? | 으스댔어? | 으스댔니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 으스대세요 | 으스대십시오 | 으스대 | 으스대라 |
| 청유Let's | 으스대요 | 으스댑시다 | 으스대 | 으스대자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 으스대요 | 안 으스댑니다 | 안 으스대 | 안 으스댄다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 으스대지 않아요 | 으스대지 않습니다 | 으스대지 않아 | 으스대지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 으스대요 | 못 으스댑니다 | 못 으스대 | 못 으스댄다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 으스대세요 | 으스대십니다 | 으스대셔 | 으스대신다 |
| 과거Past | 으스대셨어요 | 으스대셨습니다 | 으스대셨어 | 으스대셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 으스대는
- 과거Past
- 으스댄
- 미래Future
- 으스댈
- 회상Used to
- 으스대던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 으스대고
- -게-ly / so that
- 으스대게
- -어서so / and then
- 으스대서
- -으니까since
- 으스대니까
- -으면if / when
- 으스대면
- -지만but
- 으스대지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 으스대는데
- -어도even if
- 으스대도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 으스대고 있어요 | 으스대고 있습니다 | 으스대고 있어 | 으스대고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 으스대고 있었어요 | 으스대고 있었습니다 | 으스대고 있었어 | 으스대고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 으스대다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그리고 여러분도 멋지고 똑똑하고 으스대는 사람들인 척할 수 있죠.
And you got to pretend you were cool and smart and swank, too.
어때서요? 너무 잘난 척 하고 으스대잖아
It's smug and privileged and precious.
그래머시 파크 호텔에 앉아 멋지고 똑똑하고 으스대는 사람들과 밤늦도록 스카치위스키를 마십니다.
You got set up at the Gramercy Park Hotel, where you got to drink Scotch late in the night with cool, smart, swank people.
으스댈 필요 없어
No one likes a show off.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 으스대다 in Korean?
으스대다 (to brag, boast) is 으스대요 in the polite 해요체, 으스댑니다 in formal 합니다체, 으스대 in casual 반말 and 으스댄다 in the plain written style. The past is 으스댔어요.
What is the past tense of 으스대다?
으스댔어요 in everyday polite speech, 으스댔습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 으스대 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 으스대다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 으스댑니다, 으스대, 으스대니 all keep 으스대 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 으스대다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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