끝없다

endless

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
끝없는
아/어Infinitive
끝없어
-으니Since
끝없으니
합니다Formal
끝없습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끝없어요끝없습니다끝없어끝없다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끝없었어요끝없었습니다끝없었어끝없었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 끝없겠어요끝없겠습니다끝없겠어끝없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 끝없을 거예요끝없을 것입니다끝없을 거야끝없을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끝없어요?끝없습니까?끝없어?끝없으니?
과거Past 끝없었어요?끝없었습니까?끝없었어?끝없었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 끝없어요안 끝없습니다안 끝없어안 끝없다
-지 않다Not (long) 끝없지 않아요끝없지 않습니다끝없지 않아끝없지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끝없으세요끝없으십니다끝없으셔끝없으시다
과거Past 끝없으셨어요끝없으셨습니다끝없으셨어끝없으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
끝없는
과거Past
끝없은
미래Future
끝없을
회상Used to
끝없던

Joining clauses

-고and
끝없고
-게-ly / so that
끝없게
-어서so / and then
끝없어서
-으니까since
끝없으니까
-으면if / when
끝없으면
-지만but
끝없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
끝없는데
-어도even if
끝없어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 곳에 오기 위해, 이 순간을 살았네: 끝없는 밝음이 있었네.

To have come to this place, lived to this moment: immeasurable lightness.

눈앞에 끝없는 길이 펼쳐진 것 같아요

It's like an endless road is opening up before my eyes.

여러분이 좋은 사람이고, 믿음이 있는 사람이라면 신은 건강과 부와 끝없는 행복을 줄 것입니다.

If you're good and faithful, God will give you health and wealth and boundless happiness.

끝없는 기다림이었습니다.

The wait had no end.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 끝없다 in Korean?

끝없다 (endless) is 끝없어요 in the polite 해요체, 끝없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 끝없어 in casual 반말 and 끝없다 in the plain written style. The past is 끝없었어요.

What is the past tense of 끝없다?

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

Is 끝없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 끝없습니다, 끝없어, 끝없으니 all keep 끝없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 끝없다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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