일어나다 Korean verb conjugation

to get up

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 일어나다 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
일어나는
아/어Infinitive
일어나
-으니Since
일어나니
합니다Formal
일어납니다

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 일어나요일어납니다일어나일어난다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 일어났어요일어났습니다일어났어일어났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 일어나겠어요일어나겠습니다일어나겠어일어나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 일어날 거예요일어날 것입니다일어날 거야일어날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 일어나요?일어납니까?일어나?일어나니?
과거Past 일어났어요?일어났습니까?일어났어?일어났니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 일어나세요일어나십시오일어나일어나라
청유Let's 일어나요일어납시다일어나일어나자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 일어나요안 일어납니다안 일어나안 일어난다
-지 않다Not (long) 일어나지 않아요일어나지 않습니다일어나지 않아일어나지 않는다
Cannot 못 일어나요못 일어납니다못 일어나못 일어난다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 일어나세요일어나십니다일어나셔일어나신다
과거Past 일어나셨어요일어나셨습니다일어나셨어일어나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
일어나는
과거Past
일어난
미래Future
일어날
회상Used to
일어나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
일어나고
-게-ly / so that
일어나게
-어서so / and then
일어나서
-으니까since
일어나니까
-으면if / when
일어나면
-지만but
일어나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
일어나는데
-어도even if
일어나도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 일어나고 있어요일어나고 있습니다일어나고 있어일어나고 있다
과거Was doing 일어나고 있었어요일어나고 있었습니다일어나고 있었어일어나고 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.

왜 아직 일어나있어?

Why are you still awake?

일어날 수 있는 것들이죠.

These things are deliverable.

사실은 일어나지도 않을 겁니다.

Indeed, they probably won't.

"내가 집에 가야할까? 지금 일어났어?

Should I come home? Are you awake?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 일어나다 in Korean?

일어나다 (to get up) is 일어나요 in the polite 해요체, 일어납니다 in formal 합니다체, 일어나 in casual 반말 and 일어난다 in the plain written style. The past is 일어났어요.

What is the past tense of 일어나다?

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

Is 일어나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 일어납니다, 일어나, 일어나니 all keep 일어나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 일어나다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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