헤매다

to wander

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
헤매는
아/어Infinitive
헤매
-으니Since
헤매니
합니다Formal
헤맵니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 헤매요헤맵니다헤매헤맨다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 헤맸어요헤맸습니다헤맸어헤맸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 헤매겠어요헤매겠습니다헤매겠어헤매겠다
-을 것이다Going to 헤맬 거예요헤맬 것입니다헤맬 거야헤맬 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 헤매요?헤맵니까?헤매?헤매니?
과거Past 헤맸어요?헤맸습니까?헤맸어?헤맸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 헤매세요헤매십시오헤매헤매라
청유Let's 헤매요헤맵시다헤매헤매자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 헤매요안 헤맵니다안 헤매안 헤맨다
-지 않다Not (long) 헤매지 않아요헤매지 않습니다헤매지 않아헤매지 않는다
못Cannot 못 헤매요못 헤맵니다못 헤매못 헤맨다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 헤매세요헤매십니다헤매셔헤매신다
과거Past 헤매셨어요헤매셨습니다헤매셨어헤매셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
헤매는
과거Past
헤맨
미래Future
헤맬
회상Used to
헤매던

Joining clauses

-고and
헤매고
-게-ly / so that
헤매게
-어서so / and then
헤매서
-으니까since
헤매니까
-으면if / when
헤매면
-지만but
헤매지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
헤매는데
-어도even if
헤매도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 헤매고 있어요헤매고 있습니다헤매고 있어헤매고 있다
과거Was doing 헤매고 있었어요헤매고 있었습니다헤매고 있었어헤매고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

헤매고 있는 걸 발견했지

I found her wandering around the brand-new forest.

아직도 숲을 헤매고 있어

Still wandering lost in these woods.

혼자서 헤매고 다니지 말거라

Don't wander around out here on your own.

널 찾아 여러 방을 헤맸거든

I've been wandering these rooms for hours.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 헤매다 in Korean?

헤매다 (to wander) is 헤매요 in the polite 해요체, 헤맵니다 in formal 합니다체, 헤매 in casual 반말 and 헤맨다 in the plain written style. The past is 헤맸어요.

What is the past tense of 헤매다?

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

Is 헤매다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 헤맵니다, 헤매, 헤매니 all keep 헤매 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 헤매다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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