거닐다

to stroll, to saunter

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거니는
아/어Infinitive
거닐어
-으니Since
거니니
합니다Formal
거닙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거닐어요거닙니다거닐어거닌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거닐었어요거닐었습니다거닐었어거닐었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거닐겠어요거닐겠습니다거닐겠어거닐겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거닐 거예요거닐 것입니다거닐 거야거닐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거닐어요?거닙니까?거닐어?거니니?
과거Past 거닐었어요?거닐었습니까?거닐었어?거닐었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 거니세요거니십시오거닐어거닐어라
청유Let's 거닐어요거닙시다거닐어거닐자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거닐어요안 거닙니다안 거닐어안 거닌다
-지 않다Not (long) 거닐지 않아요거닐지 않습니다거닐지 않아거닐지 않는다
못Cannot 못 거닐어요못 거닙니다못 거닐어못 거닌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거니세요거니십니다거니셔거니신다
과거Past 거니셨어요거니셨습니다거니셨어거니셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거니는
과거Past
거닌
미래Future
거닐
회상Used to
거닐던

Joining clauses

-고and
거닐고
-게-ly / so that
거닐게
-어서so / and then
거닐어서
-으니까since
거니니까
-으면if / when
거닐면
-지만but
거닐지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거니는데
-어도even if
거닐어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 거닐고 있어요거닐고 있습니다거닐고 있어거닐고 있다
과거Was doing 거닐고 있었어요거닐고 있었습니다거닐고 있었어거닐고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제가 아프가니스탄을 거닐었을 때 저는 이런 사람들과 함께 있었습니다.

When I walked across Afghanistan, I stayed with people like this.

여러분은 몇 번이나 숲을 거닐며 천연 치즈를 본 적 있나요?

How many times have you walked through the forest and found all-natural cheese?

물가나 좀 거닐래?

Want to go look at the water?

거리를 거닐거나 쇼핑을 할 수도 있겠네요.

Possibly walk along the streets or even go shopping.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 거닐다 in Korean?

거닐다 (to stroll, to saunter) is 거닐어요 in the polite 해요체, 거닙니다 in formal 합니다체, 거닐어 in casual 반말 and 거닌다 in the plain written style. The past is 거닐었어요.

What is the past tense of 거닐다?

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

Is 거닐다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 거닐어 and 거니니 but unchanged in 거닙니다.

What TOPIK level is 거닐다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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