궁리하다

to contemplate, consider, ponder, deliberate, mull (things) over

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
궁리하는
아/어Infinitive
궁리하
-으니Since
궁리하니
합니다Formal
궁리합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 궁리하요궁리합니다궁리하궁리한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 궁리핬어요궁리핬습니다궁리핬어궁리핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 궁리하겠어요궁리하겠습니다궁리하겠어궁리하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 궁리할 거예요궁리할 것입니다궁리할 거야궁리할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 궁리하요?궁리합니까?궁리하?궁리하니?
과거Past 궁리핬어요?궁리핬습니까?궁리핬어?궁리핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 궁리하세요궁리하십시오궁리하궁리하라
청유Let's 궁리하요궁리합시다궁리하궁리하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 궁리하요안 궁리합니다안 궁리하안 궁리한다
-지 않다Not (long) 궁리하지 않아요궁리하지 않습니다궁리하지 않아궁리하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 궁리하요못 궁리합니다못 궁리하못 궁리한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 궁리하세요궁리하십니다궁리하셔궁리하신다
과거Past 궁리하셨어요궁리하셨습니다궁리하셨어궁리하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
궁리하는
과거Past
궁리한
미래Future
궁리할
회상Used to
궁리하던

Joining clauses

-고and
궁리하고
-게-ly / so that
궁리하게
-어서so / and then
궁리하서
-으니까since
궁리하니까
-으면if / when
궁리하면
-지만but
궁리하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
궁리하는데
-어도even if
궁리하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 궁리하고 있어요궁리하고 있습니다궁리하고 있어궁리하고 있다
과거Was doing 궁리하고 있었어요궁리하고 있었습니다궁리하고 있었어궁리하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 포기하지 않고 계속 궁리했습니다.

So I didn't give up. I continued.

레드랑 풀고 갈 수 있는 방법을 궁리해 봐

You gotta think of how to make things right with Red. Oh, and yeah.

여러분은 가외로 주어진 7분 30초를 어떻게 쓰길 원하는지 궁리하십시요.

Your mission is to figure out how you want to spend your extra seven and a half minutes.

어떻게 이 이미지를 실현시킬 수 있을지 그는 백일몽처럼 궁리하곤 했다.

He would ponder, as if daydreaming, about how he could realize this image.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 궁리하다 in Korean?

궁리하다 (to contemplate, consider, ponder, deliberate, mull (things) over) is 궁리하요 in the polite 해요체, 궁리합니다 in formal 합니다체, 궁리하 in casual 반말 and 궁리한다 in the plain written style. The past is 궁리핬어요.

What is the past tense of 궁리하다?

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

Is 궁리하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 궁리합니다, 궁리하, 궁리하니 all keep 궁리하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 궁리하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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