끝내다

to finish something

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
끝내는
아/어Infinitive
끝내
-으니Since
끝내니
합니다Formal
끝냅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끝내요끝냅니다끝내끝낸다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끝냈어요끝냈습니다끝냈어끝냈다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 끝내겠어요끝내겠습니다끝내겠어끝내겠다
-을 것이다Going to 끝낼 거예요끝낼 것입니다끝낼 거야끝낼 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끝내요?끝냅니까?끝내?끝내니?
과거Past 끝냈어요?끝냈습니까?끝냈어?끝냈니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 끝내세요끝내십시오끝내끝내라
청유Let's 끝내요끝냅시다끝내끝내자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 끝내요안 끝냅니다안 끝내안 끝낸다
-지 않다Not (long) 끝내지 않아요끝내지 않습니다끝내지 않아끝내지 않는다
못Cannot 못 끝내요못 끝냅니다못 끝내못 끝낸다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끝내세요끝내십니다끝내셔끝내신다
과거Past 끝내셨어요끝내셨습니다끝내셨어끝내셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
끝내는
과거Past
끝낸
미래Future
끝낼
회상Used to
끝내던

Joining clauses

-고and
끝내고
-게-ly / so that
끝내게
-어서so / and then
끝내서
-으니까since
끝내니까
-으면if / when
끝내면
-지만but
끝내지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
끝내는데
-어도even if
끝내도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 끝내고 있어요끝내고 있습니다끝내고 있어끝내고 있다
과거Was doing 끝내고 있었어요끝내고 있었습니다끝내고 있었어끝내고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

꽃 물주기를 끝냈다.

I'm done watering the flowers.

나는 톰이 2시 반이면 끝낼 줄 알았어.

I thought Tom would be through doing that by 2:30.

이 말씀을 드리고 끝내죠.

So let me leave you with this.

그래서 저희는 여기서 끝내지 않았죠.

So it doesn't actually just stop with engineers.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 끝내다 in Korean?

끝내다 (to finish something) is 끝내요 in the polite 해요체, 끝냅니다 in formal 합니다체, 끝내 in casual 반말 and 끝낸다 in the plain written style. The past is 끝냈어요.

What is the past tense of 끝내다?

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

Is 끝내다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 끝냅니다, 끝내, 끝내니 all keep 끝내 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 끝내다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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