곤두세우다

to make something stand on end

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
곤두세우는
아/어Infinitive
곤두세워
-으니Since
곤두세우니
합니다Formal
곤두세웁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 곤두세워요곤두세웁니다곤두세워곤두세운다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 곤두세웠어요곤두세웠습니다곤두세웠어곤두세웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 곤두세우겠어요곤두세우겠습니다곤두세우겠어곤두세우겠다
-을 것이다Going to 곤두세울 거예요곤두세울 것입니다곤두세울 거야곤두세울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 곤두세워요?곤두세웁니까?곤두세워?곤두세우니?
과거Past 곤두세웠어요?곤두세웠습니까?곤두세웠어?곤두세웠니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 곤두세우세요곤두세우십시오곤두세워곤두세워라
청유Let's 곤두세워요곤두세웁시다곤두세워곤두세우자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 곤두세워요안 곤두세웁니다안 곤두세워안 곤두세운다
-지 않다Not (long) 곤두세우지 않아요곤두세우지 않습니다곤두세우지 않아곤두세우지 않는다
못Cannot 못 곤두세워요못 곤두세웁니다못 곤두세워못 곤두세운다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 곤두세우세요곤두세우십니다곤두세우셔곤두세우신다
과거Past 곤두세우셨어요곤두세우셨습니다곤두세우셨어곤두세우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
곤두세우는
과거Past
곤두세운
미래Future
곤두세울
회상Used to
곤두세우던

Joining clauses

-고and
곤두세우고
-게-ly / so that
곤두세우게
-어서so / and then
곤두세워서
-으니까since
곤두세우니까
-으면if / when
곤두세우면
-지만but
곤두세우지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
곤두세우는데
-어도even if
곤두세워도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 곤두세우고 있어요곤두세우고 있습니다곤두세우고 있어곤두세우고 있다
과거Was doing 곤두세우고 있었어요곤두세우고 있었습니다곤두세우고 있었어곤두세우고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 1분 30초 동안 모두가 고개를 들고 신경을 곤두세우면서 집중하죠

Those minute and a half that everybody's on the edge everybody in the beer line turns around and looks.

99판, 49번째 수다쟁이 신경을 곤두세우다

Slate 99, take 49. Clappers on end.

더그는 분노와 좌절감에 완전히 휩싸였고 나도 신경을 곤두세운다

Doug is overwhelmed with anger and frustration, and my nerves are strained.

늘 촉각을 곤두세우고 있잖아

Your little ass stays ready.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 곤두세우다 in Korean?

곤두세우다 (to make something stand on end) is 곤두세워요 in the polite 해요체, 곤두세웁니다 in formal 합니다체, 곤두세워 in casual 반말 and 곤두세운다 in the plain written style. The past is 곤두세웠어요.

What is the past tense of 곤두세우다?

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

Is 곤두세우다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 곤두세웁니다, 곤두세워, 곤두세우니 all keep 곤두세우 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 곤두세우다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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