끓이다

to boil something

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
끓이는
아/어Infinitive
끓여
-으니Since
끓이니
합니다Formal
끓입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끓여요끓입니다끓여끓인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끓였어요끓였습니다끓였어끓였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 끓이겠어요끓이겠습니다끓이겠어끓이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 끓일 거예요끓일 것입니다끓일 거야끓일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끓여요?끓입니까?끓여?끓이니?
과거Past 끓였어요?끓였습니까?끓였어?끓였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 끓이세요끓이십시오끓여끓여라
청유Let's 끓여요끓입시다끓여끓이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 끓여요안 끓입니다안 끓여안 끓인다
-지 않다Not (long) 끓이지 않아요끓이지 않습니다끓이지 않아끓이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 끓여요못 끓입니다못 끓여못 끓인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끓이세요끓이십니다끓이셔끓이신다
과거Past 끓이셨어요끓이셨습니다끓이셨어끓이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
끓이는
과거Past
끓인
미래Future
끓일
회상Used to
끓이던

Joining clauses

-고and
끓이고
-게-ly / so that
끓이게
-어서so / and then
끓여서
-으니까since
끓이니까
-으면if / when
끓이면
-지만but
끓이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
끓이는데
-어도even if
끓여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 끓이고 있어요끓이고 있습니다끓이고 있어끓이고 있다
과거Was doing 끓이고 있었어요끓이고 있었습니다끓이고 있었어끓이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

끓일 물을 가져다 줘.

Bring the water to a boil.

물은 다 끓여 놨겠지?

Isn't it boiling yet?

너무 끓이면 맛이 별로야

Nobody enjoys over-boiled tea.

커피 좀 끓일 건데 오실래요?

I was just going to make some coffee. Do you want to come over?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 끓이다 in Korean?

끓이다 (to boil something) is 끓여요 in the polite 해요체, 끓입니다 in formal 합니다체, 끓여 in casual 반말 and 끓인다 in the plain written style. The past is 끓였어요.

What is the past tense of 끓이다?

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

Is 끓이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 끓입니다, 끓여, 끓이니 all keep 끓이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 끓이다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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