흘러가다 Korean verb conjugation

to flow

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 흘러가다 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
흘러가는
아/어Infinitive
흘러가
-으니Since
흘러가니
합니다Formal
흘러갑니다

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 흘러가요흘러갑니다흘러가흘러간다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흘러갔어요흘러갔습니다흘러갔어흘러갔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흘러가겠어요흘러가겠습니다흘러가겠어흘러가겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흘러갈 거예요흘러갈 것입니다흘러갈 거야흘러갈 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흘러가요?흘러갑니까?흘러가?흘러가니?
과거Past 흘러갔어요?흘러갔습니까?흘러갔어?흘러갔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 흘러가세요흘러가십시오흘러가흘러가라
also, archaic흘러가거라
청유Let's 흘러가요흘러갑시다흘러가흘러가자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 흘러가요안 흘러갑니다안 흘러가안 흘러간다
-지 않다Not (long) 흘러가지 않아요흘러가지 않습니다흘러가지 않아흘러가지 않는다
Cannot 못 흘러가요못 흘러갑니다못 흘러가못 흘러간다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흘러가세요흘러가십니다흘러가셔흘러가신다
과거Past 흘러가셨어요흘러가셨습니다흘러가셨어흘러가셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
흘러가는
과거Past
흘러간
미래Future
흘러갈
회상Used to
흘러가던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
흘러가고
-게-ly / so that
흘러가게
-어서so / and then
흘러가서
-으니까since
흘러가니까
-으면if / when
흘러가면
-지만but
흘러가지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흘러가는데
-어도even if
흘러가도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 흘러가고 있어요흘러가고 있습니다흘러가고 있어흘러가고 있다
과거Was doing 흘러가고 있었어요흘러가고 있었습니다흘러가고 있었어흘러가고 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.

이렇게 빠르게 시간이 흘러갑니다.

Time goes faster this way.

적어도 이 이야기는 그렇게 흘러갑니다.

At least, that’s how the story goes.

하지만 세상은 올바르게 흘러가고 있습니다.

But things are rapidly moving in the right direction.

커피로 설명해본다면, 강은 이렇게 흘러가요.

So, put in coffee shop terms, the boiling river plots like this.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 흘러가다 in Korean?

흘러가다 (to flow) is 흘러가요 in the polite 해요체, 흘러갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 흘러가 in casual 반말 and 흘러간다 in the plain written style. The past is 흘러갔어요.

What is the past tense of 흘러가다?

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

Is 흘러가다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 흘러갑니다, 흘러가, 흘러가니 all keep 흘러가 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 흘러가다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.