곪다 Korean verb conjugation

to fester

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 곪다 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
곪는
아/어Infinitive
곪아
-으니Since
곪으니
합니다Formal
곪습니다

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 곪아요곪습니다곪아곪는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 곪았어요곪았습니다곪았어곪았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 곪겠어요곪겠습니다곪겠어곪겠다
-을 것이다Going to 곪을 거예요곪을 것입니다곪을 거야곪을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 곪아요?곪습니까?곪아?곪니?
과거Past 곪았어요?곪았습니까?곪았어?곪았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 곪으세요곪으십시오곪아곪아라
청유Let's 곪아요곪읍시다곪아곪자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 곪아요안 곪습니다안 곪아안 곪는다
-지 않다Not (long) 곪지 않아요곪지 않습니다곪지 않아곪지 않는다
Cannot 못 곪아요못 곪습니다못 곪아못 곪는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 곪으세요곪으십니다곪으셔곪으신다
과거Past 곪으셨어요곪으셨습니다곪으셨어곪으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
곪는
과거Past
곪은
미래Future
곪을
회상Used to
곪던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
곪고
-게-ly / so that
곪게
-어서so / and then
곪아서
-으니까since
곪으니까
-으면if / when
곪으면
-지만but
곪지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
곪는데
-어도even if
곪아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 곪고 있어요곪고 있습니다곪고 있어곪고 있다
과거Was doing 곪고 있었어요곪고 있었습니다곪고 있었어곪고 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.

조지를 곪아 터진 상처와 미래의 광기로부터 구하고 있는 중이지

We're saving George from a future of festering sores and insanity.

상처가 곪고 있어

The wound is festering.

출판이 여러분을 치유할 거고, 여러분 마음속에서 곪은 상처가 만든 구멍을 매울거란 환상은 부드럽게 부수려고 노력하세요.

Just try to bust yourself gently of the fantasy that publication will heal you, that it will fill the Swiss-cheesy holes inside of you.

어떤 이들에게 급진적인 이슬람교에 대한 세계관은 이 개방된 상처를 곪게하는 감염 같은 거예요.

And for some, the worldview of radical Islam becomes the infection that festers in these open wounds.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 곪다 in Korean?

곪다 (to fester) is 곪아요 in the polite 해요체, 곪습니다 in formal 합니다체, 곪아 in casual 반말 and 곪는다 in the plain written style. The past is 곪았어요.

What is the past tense of 곪다?

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

Is 곪다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 곪습니다, 곪아, 곪으니 all keep 곪 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 곪다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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