궁리하다 Korean verb conjugation
to contemplate, consider, ponder, deliberate, mull (things) over
Every form of 궁리하다 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
- 궁리하는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 궁리하
- -으니Since
- 궁리하니
- 합니다Formal
- 궁리합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 궁리하요 | 궁리합니다 | 궁리하 | 궁리한다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 궁리핬어요 | 궁리핬습니다 | 궁리핬어 | 궁리핬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 궁리하겠어요 | 궁리하겠습니다 | 궁리하겠어 | 궁리하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 궁리할 거예요 | 궁리할 것입니다 | 궁리할 거야 | 궁리할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 궁리하요? | 궁리합니까? | 궁리하? | 궁리하니? |
| 과거Past | 궁리핬어요? | 궁리핬습니까? | 궁리핬어? | 궁리핬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 궁리하세요 | 궁리하십시오 | 궁리하 | 궁리하라 |
| 청유Let's | 궁리하요 | 궁리합시다 | 궁리하 | 궁리하자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 궁리하요 | 안 궁리합니다 | 안 궁리하 | 안 궁리한다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 궁리하지 않아요 | 궁리하지 않습니다 | 궁리하지 않아 | 궁리하지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 궁리하요 | 못 궁리합니다 | 못 궁리하 | 못 궁리한다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 궁리하세요 | 궁리하십니다 | 궁리하셔 | 궁리하신다 |
| 과거Past | 궁리하셨어요 | 궁리하셨습니다 | 궁리하셨어 | 궁리하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 궁리하는
- 과거Past
- 궁리한
- 미래Future
- 궁리할
- 회상Used to
- 궁리하던
연결Joining 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
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 궁리하고 있어요 | 궁리하고 있습니다 | 궁리하고 있어 | 궁리하고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 궁리하고 있었어요 | 궁리하고 있었습니다 | 궁리하고 있었어 | 궁리하고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 궁리하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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