헷갈리다 Korean verb conjugation

to be confused

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 헷갈리다 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
헷갈리는
아/어Infinitive
헷갈려
-으니Since
헷갈리니
합니다Formal
헷갈립니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 헷갈려요헷갈립니다헷갈려헷갈린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 헷갈렸어요헷갈렸습니다헷갈렸어헷갈렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 헷갈리겠어요헷갈리겠습니다헷갈리겠어헷갈리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 헷갈릴 거예요헷갈릴 것입니다헷갈릴 거야헷갈릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 헷갈려요?헷갈립니까?헷갈려?헷갈리니?
과거Past 헷갈렸어요?헷갈렸습니까?헷갈렸어?헷갈렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 헷갈리세요헷갈리십시오헷갈려헷갈려라
청유Let's 헷갈려요헷갈립시다헷갈려헷갈리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 헷갈려요안 헷갈립니다안 헷갈려안 헷갈린다
-지 않다Not (long) 헷갈리지 않아요헷갈리지 않습니다헷갈리지 않아헷갈리지 않는다
Cannot 못 헷갈려요못 헷갈립니다못 헷갈려못 헷갈린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 헷갈리세요헷갈리십니다헷갈리셔헷갈리신다
과거Past 헷갈리셨어요헷갈리셨습니다헷갈리셨어헷갈리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
헷갈리는
과거Past
헷갈린
미래Future
헷갈릴
회상Used to
헷갈리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
헷갈리고
-게-ly / so that
헷갈리게
-어서so / and then
헷갈려서
-으니까since
헷갈리니까
-으면if / when
헷갈리면
-지만but
헷갈리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
헷갈리는데
-어도even if
헷갈려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 헷갈리고 있어요헷갈리고 있습니다헷갈리고 있어헷갈리고 있다
과거Was doing 헷갈리고 있었어요헷갈리고 있었습니다헷갈리고 있었어헷갈리고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

지역의 보건 연구 결과들은 모순이 많고 헷갈립니다.

Health studies from the region are conflicting and fraught.

하지만 심지어는 지구의 햇빛도 저희를 헷갈리게 합니다.

But even the Earth daylight could confuse us.

제가 시를 끝냈다고 해서 제가 헷갈렸던 바가 해결된 것은 아니기 때문입니다.

But just because I end the poem, doesn't mean that I've solved what it was I was puzzling through.

이 단어들은 뜻이 다르니까 헷갈리지 마.

These words mean different things, so don't mix them up.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 헷갈리다 in Korean?

헷갈리다 (to be confused) is 헷갈려요 in the polite 해요체, 헷갈립니다 in formal 합니다체, 헷갈려 in casual 반말 and 헷갈린다 in the plain written style. The past is 헷갈렸어요.

What is the past tense of 헷갈리다?

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

Is 헷갈리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 헷갈립니다, 헷갈려, 헷갈리니 all keep 헷갈리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 헷갈리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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