임박하다

to be imminent

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
임박하는
아/어Infinitive
임박하
-으니Since
임박하니
합니다Formal
임박합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 임박하요임박합니다임박하임박한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 임박핬어요임박핬습니다임박핬어임박핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 임박하겠어요임박하겠습니다임박하겠어임박하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 임박할 거예요임박할 것입니다임박할 거야임박할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 임박하요?임박합니까?임박하?임박하니?
과거Past 임박핬어요?임박핬습니까?임박핬어?임박핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 임박하세요임박하십시오임박하임박하라
청유Let's 임박하요임박합시다임박하임박하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 임박하요안 임박합니다안 임박하안 임박한다
-지 않다Not (long) 임박하지 않아요임박하지 않습니다임박하지 않아임박하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 임박하요못 임박합니다못 임박하못 임박한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 임박하세요임박하십니다임박하셔임박하신다
과거Past 임박하셨어요임박하셨습니다임박하셨어임박하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
임박하는
과거Past
임박한
미래Future
임박할
회상Used to
임박하던

Joining clauses

-고and
임박하고
-게-ly / so that
임박하게
-어서so / and then
임박하서
-으니까since
임박하니까
-으면if / when
임박하면
-지만but
임박하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
임박하는데
-어도even if
임박하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 임박하고 있어요임박하고 있습니다임박하고 있어임박하고 있다
과거Was doing 임박하고 있었어요임박하고 있었습니다임박하고 있었어임박하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그리고 시간이 점점 임박해지자, 이런 흥분감이 생깁니다.

And as the time gets closer and closer, this excitement is building.

죽음에 임박해서 그가 원하던 모든 것은 용서였습니다.

Faced with imminent death, all he wanted was forgiveness.

대지: 우리의 끝은 임박했다 그러나 우리는 끝나지 않았다

Mother Earth: Our end was imminent yet finality relented.

아버지는 죽음이 임박함을 느끼시고는 세 가지의 소원을 말씀하셨습니다.

When dad knew his death was imminent, he had three clear wishes.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 임박하다 in Korean?

임박하다 (to be imminent) is 임박하요 in the polite 해요체, 임박합니다 in formal 합니다체, 임박하 in casual 반말 and 임박한다 in the plain written style. The past is 임박핬어요.

What is the past tense of 임박하다?

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

Is 임박하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 임박합니다, 임박하, 임박하니 all keep 임박하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 임박하다?

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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