깨다

to wake up

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
깨는
아/어Infinitive
깨
-으니Since
깨니
합니다Formal
깹니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 깨요깹니다깨깬다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 깼어요깼습니다깼어깼다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 깨겠어요깨겠습니다깨겠어깨겠다
-을 것이다Going to 깰 거예요깰 것입니다깰 거야깰 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 깨요?깹니까?깨?깨니?
과거Past 깼어요?깼습니까?깼어?깼니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 깨세요깨십시오깨깨라
청유Let's 깨요깹시다깨깨자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 깨요안 깹니다안 깨안 깬다
-지 않다Not (long) 깨지 않아요깨지 않습니다깨지 않아깨지 않는다
못Cannot 못 깨요못 깹니다못 깨못 깬다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 깨세요깨십니다깨셔깨신다
과거Past 깨셨어요깨셨습니다깨셨어깨셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
깨는
과거Past
깬
미래Future
깰
회상Used to
깨던

Joining clauses

-고and
깨고
-게-ly / so that
깨게
-어서so / and then
깨서
-으니까since
깨니까
-으면if / when
깨면
-지만but
깨지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
깨는데
-어도even if
깨도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 깨고 있어요깨고 있습니다깨고 있어깨고 있다
과거Was doing 깨고 있었어요깨고 있었습니다깨고 있었어깨고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

내가 톰의 기록을 깰 수 있을 것 같다.

I think I can beat Tom's record.

두 달 후, 16명이 4분의 기록을 깼습니다.

Two months later, 16 people broke the four-minute mile.

그리고 바로 옥타비우스라는 자가 이런 전통을 깨버렸지요.

And it was Octavius who destroyed this tradition.

아깨 말하지 않아요.

Did I not say it just now.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 깨다 in Korean?

깨다 (to wake up) is 깨요 in the polite 해요체, 깹니다 in formal 합니다체, 깨 in casual 반말 and 깬다 in the plain written style. The past is 깼어요.

What is the past tense of 깨다?

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

Is 깨다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 깹니다, 깨, 깨니 all keep 깨 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 깨다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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