거스르다

to go against, to defy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거스르는
아/어Infinitive
거슬러
-으니Since
거스르니
합니다Formal
거스릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거슬러요거스릅니다거슬러거스른다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거슬렀어요거슬렀습니다거슬렀어거슬렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거스르겠어요거스르겠습니다거스르겠어거스르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거스를 거예요거스를 것입니다거스를 거야거스를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거슬러요?거스릅니까?거슬러?거스르니?
과거Past 거슬렀어요?거슬렀습니까?거슬렀어?거슬렀니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 거스르세요거스르십시오거슬러거슬러라
청유Let's 거슬러요거스릅시다거슬러거스르자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거슬러요안 거스릅니다안 거슬러안 거스른다
-지 않다Not (long) 거스르지 않아요거스르지 않습니다거스르지 않아거스르지 않는다
못Cannot 못 거슬러요못 거스릅니다못 거슬러못 거스른다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거스르세요거스르십니다거스르셔거스르신다
과거Past 거스르셨어요거스르셨습니다거스르셨어거스르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거스르는
과거Past
거스른
미래Future
거스를
회상Used to
거스르던

Joining clauses

-고and
거스르고
-게-ly / so that
거스르게
-어서so / and then
거슬러서
-으니까since
거스르니까
-으면if / when
거스르면
-지만but
거스르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거스르는데
-어도even if
거슬러도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 거스르고 있어요거스르고 있습니다거스르고 있어거스르고 있다
과거Was doing 거스르고 있었어요거스르고 있었습니다거스르고 있었어거스르고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 기원으로 거슬러 올라가보면 이해에 도움이 될 거예요.

And it will help you understand it by seeing its origins.

나 시간 거슬러 올라갈 거야. 작년에 보자!

I'm going back in time. See you last year!

수세기를 거슬러 올라갑니다.

It goes back to the beginning of modern medicine.

두 사람의 인연은 천 년 전으로 거슬러 올라갑니다.

The two had a karmic connection dating back more than a thousand years.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 거스르다 in Korean?

거스르다 (to go against, to defy) is 거슬러요 in the polite 해요체, 거스릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 거슬러 in casual 반말 and 거스른다 in the plain written style. The past is 거슬렀어요.

What is the past tense of 거스르다?

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

Is 거스르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 거슬러 and 거스르니 but unchanged in 거스릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 거스르다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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