흐리다 Korean verb conjugation

to make something cloudy or muddy

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 흐리다 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
흐리는
아/어Infinitive
흐려
-으니Since
흐리니
합니다Formal
흐립니다

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 흐려요흐립니다흐려흐린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흐렸어요흐렸습니다흐렸어흐렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흐리겠어요흐리겠습니다흐리겠어흐리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흐릴 거예요흐릴 것입니다흐릴 거야흐릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흐려요?흐립니까?흐려?흐리니?
과거Past 흐렸어요?흐렸습니까?흐렸어?흐렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 흐리세요흐리십시오흐려흐려라
청유Let's 흐려요흐립시다흐려흐리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 흐려요안 흐립니다안 흐려안 흐린다
-지 않다Not (long) 흐리지 않아요흐리지 않습니다흐리지 않아흐리지 않는다
Cannot 못 흐려요못 흐립니다못 흐려못 흐린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흐리세요흐리십니다흐리셔흐리신다
과거Past 흐리셨어요흐리셨습니다흐리셨어흐리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
흐리는
과거Past
흐린
미래Future
흐릴
회상Used to
흐리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
흐리고
-게-ly / so that
흐리게
-어서so / and then
흐려서
-으니까since
흐리니까
-으면if / when
흐리면
-지만but
흐리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흐리는데
-어도even if
흐려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 흐리고 있어요흐리고 있습니다흐리고 있어흐리고 있다
과거Was doing 흐리고 있었어요흐리고 있었습니다흐리고 있었어흐리고 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.

흐린 셈

impure intentions

술은 정신을 흐려

Drink dulls the mind.

저는 날카롭게 말했죠, 그런데 제 의도가 레지나에게 잘 전달되지 않았습니다. 그녀가 분위기를 흐린다고 말하고 싶었는데

I snapped, and my approach didn't communicate to Regina that she was being a distraction.

하지만 학생들은 수업 중 토론이나 문맥 없이 그 단어가 내뱉어졌을 때 교실 분위기 전체를 흐린다고 말합니다.

Yet I hear from students that when the word is said during a lesson without discussion and context, it poisons the entire classroom environment.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 흐리다 in Korean?

흐리다 (to make something cloudy or muddy) is 흐려요 in the polite 해요체, 흐립니다 in formal 합니다체, 흐려 in casual 반말 and 흐린다 in the plain written style. The past is 흐렸어요.

What is the past tense of 흐리다?

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

Is 흐리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 흐립니다, 흐려, 흐리니 all keep 흐리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 흐리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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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.