읽다

to read

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
읽는
아/어Infinitive
읽어
-으니Since
읽으니
합니다Formal
읽습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 읽어요읽습니다읽어읽는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 읽었어요읽었습니다읽었어읽었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 읽겠어요읽겠습니다읽겠어읽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 읽을 거예요읽을 것입니다읽을 거야읽을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 읽어요?읽습니까?읽어?읽니?
과거Past 읽었어요?읽었습니까?읽었어?읽었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 읽으세요읽으십시오읽어읽어라
청유Let's 읽어요읽읍시다읽어읽자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 읽어요안 읽습니다안 읽어안 읽는다
-지 않다Not (long) 읽지 않아요읽지 않습니다읽지 않아읽지 않는다
못Cannot 못 읽어요못 읽습니다못 읽어못 읽는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 읽으세요읽으십니다읽으셔읽으신다
과거Past 읽으셨어요읽으셨습니다읽으셨어읽으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
읽는
과거Past
읽은
미래Future
읽을
회상Used to
읽던

Joining clauses

-고and
읽고
-게-ly / so that
읽게
-어서so / and then
읽어서
-으니까since
읽으니까
-으면if / when
읽으면
-지만but
읽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
읽는데
-어도even if
읽어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 읽고 있어요읽고 있습니다읽고 있어읽고 있다
과거Was doing 읽고 있었어요읽고 있었습니다읽고 있었어읽고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

너가 모두는 이것을 읽어야 해요.

All of you have to read it.

아직 못 읽어봤지만

I've had a chance to read it.

그리고 많이 읽어야 하죠

And you read, a lot.

모든 것을 읽고 있었어요!

I was just reading stuff!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 읽다 in Korean?

읽다 (to read) is 읽어요 in the polite 해요체, 읽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 읽어 in casual 반말 and 읽는다 in the plain written style. The past is 읽었어요.

What is the past tense of 읽다?

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

Is 읽다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 읽습니다, 읽어, 읽으니 all keep 읽 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 읽다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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