끊임없다

incessant

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
끊임없는
아/어Infinitive
끊임없어
-으니Since
끊임없으니
합니다Formal
끊임없습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끊임없어요끊임없습니다끊임없어끊임없다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끊임없었어요끊임없었습니다끊임없었어끊임없었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 끊임없겠어요끊임없겠습니다끊임없겠어끊임없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 끊임없을 거예요끊임없을 것입니다끊임없을 거야끊임없을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끊임없어요?끊임없습니까?끊임없어?끊임없으니?
과거Past 끊임없었어요?끊임없었습니까?끊임없었어?끊임없었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 끊임없어요안 끊임없습니다안 끊임없어안 끊임없다
-지 않다Not (long) 끊임없지 않아요끊임없지 않습니다끊임없지 않아끊임없지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끊임없으세요끊임없으십니다끊임없으셔끊임없으시다
과거Past 끊임없으셨어요끊임없으셨습니다끊임없으셨어끊임없으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
끊임없는
과거Past
끊임없은
미래Future
끊임없을
회상Used to
끊임없던

Joining clauses

-고and
끊임없고
-게-ly / so that
끊임없게
-어서so / and then
끊임없어서
-으니까since
끊임없으니까
-으면if / when
끊임없으면
-지만but
끊임없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
끊임없는데
-어도even if
끊임없어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

끊임없는 갈등이 벌어지는데 결정해 줄 사람이 없습니다.

It's a constant internal debate; there is no one to arbitrate.

그것은 끊임없는 탐구이죠.

It's an eternal quest.

좋은 방법은 끊임없는 예상치 못한 스트레스입니다.

The good way to do it is unremitting, unpredictable stress.

단순히 끊임없는 스트레스만은 아닌 것으로 드러났습니다.

It turns out, it's not just unremitting stress.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 끊임없다 in Korean?

끊임없다 (incessant) is 끊임없어요 in the polite 해요체, 끊임없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 끊임없어 in casual 반말 and 끊임없다 in the plain written style. The past is 끊임없었어요.

What is the past tense of 끊임없다?

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

Is 끊임없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 끊임없습니다, 끊임없어, 끊임없으니 all keep 끊임없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 끊임없다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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