익히다

to learn, to master

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
익히는
아/어Infinitive
익혀
-으니Since
익히니
합니다Formal
익힙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 익혀요익힙니다익혀익힌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 익혔어요익혔습니다익혔어익혔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 익히겠어요익히겠습니다익히겠어익히겠다
-을 것이다Going to 익힐 거예요익힐 것입니다익힐 거야익힐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 익혀요?익힙니까?익혀?익히니?
과거Past 익혔어요?익혔습니까?익혔어?익혔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 익히세요익히십시오익혀익혀라
청유Let's 익혀요익힙시다익혀익히자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 익혀요안 익힙니다안 익혀안 익힌다
-지 않다Not (long) 익히지 않아요익히지 않습니다익히지 않아익히지 않는다
못Cannot 못 익혀요못 익힙니다못 익혀못 익힌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 익히세요익히십니다익히셔익히신다
과거Past 익히셨어요익히셨습니다익히셨어익히셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
익히는
과거Past
익힌
미래Future
익힐
회상Used to
익히던

Joining clauses

-고and
익히고
-게-ly / so that
익히게
-어서so / and then
익혀서
-으니까since
익히니까
-으면if / when
익히면
-지만but
익히지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
익히는데
-어도even if
익혀도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 익히고 있어요익히고 있습니다익히고 있어익히고 있다
과거Was doing 익히고 있었어요익히고 있었습니다익히고 있었어익히고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그래도 괜찮아요. 오늘 새로운 기술을 하나 익혔으니까요.

That's okay, because you learned a new skill today.

그래서 천천히 서로를 알아가면서 같이 일하는 법을 익혔습니다.

So we started out slow, getting to know each other and learning how to work together, progressively.

한글 익히기

becoming familiar with Hangeul

죽음을 막는 법도 익히겠어요

I will even learn to stop people from dying.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 익히다 in Korean?

익히다 (to learn, to master) is 익혀요 in the polite 해요체, 익힙니다 in formal 합니다체, 익혀 in casual 반말 and 익힌다 in the plain written style. The past is 익혔어요.

What is the past tense of 익히다?

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

Is 익히다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 익힙니다, 익혀, 익히니 all keep 익히 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 익히다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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