허물어지다

to give way/give in, to collapse

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
허물어지는
아/어Infinitive
허물어져
-으니Since
허물어지니
합니다Formal
허물어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허물어져요허물어집니다허물어져허물어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 허물어졌어요허물어졌습니다허물어졌어허물어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 허물어지겠어요허물어지겠습니다허물어지겠어허물어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 허물어질 거예요허물어질 것입니다허물어질 거야허물어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허물어져요?허물어집니까?허물어져?허물어지니?
과거Past 허물어졌어요?허물어졌습니까?허물어졌어?허물어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 허물어지세요허물어지십시오허물어져허물어져라
청유Let's 허물어져요허물어집시다허물어져허물어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 허물어져요안 허물어집니다안 허물어져안 허물어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 허물어지지 않아요허물어지지 않습니다허물어지지 않아허물어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 허물어져요못 허물어집니다못 허물어져못 허물어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허물어지세요허물어지십니다허물어지셔허물어지신다
과거Past 허물어지셨어요허물어지셨습니다허물어지셨어허물어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
허물어지는
과거Past
허물어진
미래Future
허물어질
회상Used to
허물어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
허물어지고
-게-ly / so that
허물어지게
-어서so / and then
허물어져서
-으니까since
허물어지니까
-으면if / when
허물어지면
-지만but
허물어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
허물어지는데
-어도even if
허물어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 허물어지고 있어요허물어지고 있습니다허물어지고 있어허물어지고 있다
과거Was doing 허물어지고 있었어요허물어지고 있었습니다허물어지고 있었어허물어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

지도에서는 떨어져도 네가 허물어지면 안된다.

You can fall off the map, but don't fall apart.

3번 타워는 1900년대 허물어졌지만, 나머지 3개는 남아 있다.

Tower No. 3 was demolished in the 1900s but the other three remain.

허물어진 집에서도 춤추는 파쿠르 댄서들이 있습니다.

We have parkour dancers who dance in the rubble of their homes.

하지만 허물어지자마자 더 많은 단백질이 양 끝에 달라붙어서 더 길게 자랍니다. 그래서 계속해서 변화하는 거죠.

But just as quickly as they explode, more proteins attach to the ends and grow them longer, so it's constantly changing just to remain exactly the same.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 허물어지다 in Korean?

허물어지다 (to give way/give in, to collapse) is 허물어져요 in the polite 해요체, 허물어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 허물어져 in casual 반말 and 허물어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 허물어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 허물어지다?

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

Is 허물어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 허물어집니다, 허물어져, 허물어지니 all keep 허물어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 허물어지다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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