혼나다 Korean verb conjugation

to get scolded

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 혼나다 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
혼나는
아/어Infinitive
혼나
-으니Since
혼나니
합니다Formal
혼납니다

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 혼나요혼납니다혼나혼난다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 혼났어요혼났습니다혼났어혼났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 혼나겠어요혼나겠습니다혼나겠어혼나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 혼날 거예요혼날 것입니다혼날 거야혼날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 혼나요?혼납니까?혼나?혼나니?
과거Past 혼났어요?혼났습니까?혼났어?혼났니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 혼나세요혼나십시오혼나혼나라
청유Let's 혼나요혼납시다혼나혼나자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 혼나요안 혼납니다안 혼나안 혼난다
-지 않다Not (long) 혼나지 않아요혼나지 않습니다혼나지 않아혼나지 않는다
Cannot 못 혼나요못 혼납니다못 혼나못 혼난다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 혼나세요혼나십니다혼나셔혼나신다
과거Past 혼나셨어요혼나셨습니다혼나셨어혼나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
혼나는
과거Past
혼난
미래Future
혼날
회상Used to
혼나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
혼나고
-게-ly / so that
혼나게
-어서so / and then
혼나서
-으니까since
혼나니까
-으면if / when
혼나면
-지만but
혼나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
혼나는데
-어도even if
혼나도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 혼나고 있어요혼나고 있습니다혼나고 있어혼나고 있다
과거Was doing 혼나고 있었어요혼나고 있었습니다혼나고 있었어혼나고 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.

차가 밀려 비행기 시간에 대어 오느라 혼났다.

I was almost late for my flight because of the traffic jam.

나는 혼나고 싶지 않았어.

I didn't want to be punished.

저는 혼날 줄 알았거든요.

I was expecting to be reprimanded.

약속에 늦었다고 혼나는 사람은 없어요.

No one is chastised for showing up late to their appointments.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 혼나다 in Korean?

혼나다 (to get scolded) is 혼나요 in the polite 해요체, 혼납니다 in formal 합니다체, 혼나 in casual 반말 and 혼난다 in the plain written style. The past is 혼났어요.

What is the past tense of 혼나다?

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

Is 혼나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 혼납니다, 혼나, 혼나니 all keep 혼나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 혼나다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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