거느리다 Korean verb conjugation

to lead, to put into tow behind you, to command

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 거느리다 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
거느리는
아/어Infinitive
거느려
-으니Since
거느리니
합니다Formal
거느립니다

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 거느려요거느립니다거느려거느린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거느렸어요거느렸습니다거느렸어거느렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거느리겠어요거느리겠습니다거느리겠어거느리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거느릴 거예요거느릴 것입니다거느릴 거야거느릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거느려요?거느립니까?거느려?거느리니?
과거Past 거느렸어요?거느렸습니까?거느렸어?거느렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 거느리세요거느리십시오거느려거느려라
청유Let's 거느려요거느립시다거느려거느리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 거느려요안 거느립니다안 거느려안 거느린다
-지 않다Not (long) 거느리지 않아요거느리지 않습니다거느리지 않아거느리지 않는다
Cannot 못 거느려요못 거느립니다못 거느려못 거느린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거느리세요거느리십니다거느리셔거느리신다
과거Past 거느리셨어요거느리셨습니다거느리셨어거느리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
거느리는
과거Past
거느린
미래Future
거느릴
회상Used to
거느리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
거느리고
-게-ly / so that
거느리게
-어서so / and then
거느려서
-으니까since
거느리니까
-으면if / when
거느리면
-지만but
거느리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거느리는데
-어도even if
거느려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 거느리고 있어요거느리고 있습니다거느리고 있어거느리고 있다
과거Was doing 거느리고 있었어요거느리고 있었습니다거느리고 있었어거느리고 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.

카르테스는 26개의 기업을 거느리고 있다.

Atlanta is home to 26 missions.

기원전 72년이 끝날 무렵, 스파르타쿠스는 약 12만명 규모의 군대를 거느리게 되었습니다.

By the end of 72 BCE, Spartacus’ army was a massive force of roughly 120,000 members.

따라서 HD 40307 c가 위성을 거느리고 있을 확률은 낮다.

It is possible that HD 40307 g has also migrated into where it is now.

두 형제는 단 세 명의 동행자를 거느리고 아틀리를 찾아간다.

The brothers set out to Atli with only three companions.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 거느리다 in Korean?

거느리다 (to lead, to put into tow behind you, to command) is 거느려요 in the polite 해요체, 거느립니다 in formal 합니다체, 거느려 in casual 반말 and 거느린다 in the plain written style. The past is 거느렸어요.

What is the past tense of 거느리다?

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

Is 거느리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 거느립니다, 거느려, 거느리니 all keep 거느리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 거느리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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