끼다

to be stuck, to be caught

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
끼는
아/어Infinitive
껴
-으니Since
끼니
합니다Formal
낍니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 껴요낍니다껴낀다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꼈어요꼈습니다꼈어꼈다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 끼겠어요끼겠습니다끼겠어끼겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낄 거예요낄 것입니다낄 거야낄 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 껴요?낍니까?껴?끼니?
과거Past 꼈어요?꼈습니까?꼈어?꼈니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 끼세요끼십시오껴껴라
청유Let's 껴요낍시다껴끼자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 껴요안 낍니다안 껴안 낀다
-지 않다Not (long) 끼지 않아요끼지 않습니다끼지 않아끼지 않는다
못Cannot 못 껴요못 낍니다못 껴못 낀다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끼세요끼십니다끼셔끼신다
과거Past 끼셨어요끼셨습니다끼셨어끼셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
끼는
과거Past
낀
미래Future
낄
회상Used to
끼던

Joining clauses

-고and
끼고
-게-ly / so that
끼게
-어서so / and then
껴서
-으니까since
끼니까
-으면if / when
끼면
-지만but
끼지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
끼는데
-어도even if
껴도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 끼고 있어요끼고 있습니다끼고 있어끼고 있다
과거Was doing 끼고 있었어요끼고 있었습니다끼고 있었어끼고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

담배가 기계에 껴있습니다.

The cigarette got stuck into a machine.

BF : 입 닫으라구. 보다 긴 공연의 일부를 배껴낸겁니다.

Shut up. (Laughter) DH: And this is a small excerpt from a longer piece.

그래서 그녀는 그냥 중간에 끼었어요.

So she's trapped in the middle.

너 이에 좀 꼈다 아

It's in all your teeth.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 끼다 in Korean?

끼다 (to be stuck, to be caught) is 껴요 in the polite 해요체, 낍니다 in formal 합니다체, 껴 in casual 반말 and 낀다 in the plain written style. The past is 꼈어요.

What is the past tense of 끼다?

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

Is 끼다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 낍니다, 껴, 끼니 all keep 끼 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 끼다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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