홀리다

to be possessed

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
홀리는
아/어Infinitive
홀려
-으니Since
홀리니
합니다Formal
홀립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 홀려요홀립니다홀려홀린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 홀렸어요홀렸습니다홀렸어홀렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 홀리겠어요홀리겠습니다홀리겠어홀리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 홀릴 거예요홀릴 것입니다홀릴 거야홀릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 홀려요?홀립니까?홀려?홀리니?
과거Past 홀렸어요?홀렸습니까?홀렸어?홀렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 홀리세요홀리십시오홀려홀려라
청유Let's 홀려요홀립시다홀려홀리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 홀려요안 홀립니다안 홀려안 홀린다
-지 않다Not (long) 홀리지 않아요홀리지 않습니다홀리지 않아홀리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 홀려요못 홀립니다못 홀려못 홀린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 홀리세요홀리십니다홀리셔홀리신다
과거Past 홀리셨어요홀리셨습니다홀리셨어홀리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
홀리는
과거Past
홀린
미래Future
홀릴
회상Used to
홀리던

Joining clauses

-고and
홀리고
-게-ly / so that
홀리게
-어서so / and then
홀려서
-으니까since
홀리니까
-으면if / when
홀리면
-지만but
홀리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
홀리는데
-어도even if
홀려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 홀리고 있어요홀리고 있습니다홀리고 있어홀리고 있다
과거Was doing 홀리고 있었어요홀리고 있었습니다홀리고 있었어홀리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

8년 전, 저는 귀신에 홀렸었습니다.

Eight years ago, I was haunted by an evil spirit.

전 움직이는 나무늘보에게 홀려 정말 행복한 시간을 보내고 있어요.

I've spent many happy hours mesmerized by moving sloths.

이태리에서 수행한 연구에서는 어릴 때, 악마에 홀렸다는 거짓 기억을 심었습니다.

And in a study done in Italy, researchers planted the false memory, when you were a kid, you witnessed demonic possession.

그거 완전 여우에 홀린 거야

You were totally possessed!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 홀리다 in Korean?

홀리다 (to be possessed) is 홀려요 in the polite 해요체, 홀립니다 in formal 합니다체, 홀려 in casual 반말 and 홀린다 in the plain written style. The past is 홀렸어요.

What is the past tense of 홀리다?

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

Is 홀리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 홀립니다, 홀려, 홀리니 all keep 홀리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 홀리다?

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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