끼어들다 Korean verb conjugation

to cut in

Every form of 끼어들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
끼어드는
아/어Infinitive
끼어들어
-으니Since
끼어드니
합니다Formal
끼어듭니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끼어들어요끼어듭니다끼어들어끼어든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 끼어들었어요끼어들었습니다끼어들었어끼어들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 끼어들겠어요끼어들겠습니다끼어들겠어끼어들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 끼어들 거예요끼어들 것입니다끼어들 거야끼어들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끼어들어요?끼어듭니까?끼어들어?끼어드니?
과거Past 끼어들었어요?끼어들었습니까?끼어들었어?끼어들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 끼어드세요끼어드십시오끼어들어끼어들어라
청유Let's 끼어들어요끼어듭시다끼어들어끼어들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 끼어들어요안 끼어듭니다안 끼어들어안 끼어든다
-지 않다Not (long) 끼어들지 않아요끼어들지 않습니다끼어들지 않아끼어들지 않는다
Cannot 못 끼어들어요못 끼어듭니다못 끼어들어못 끼어든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 끼어드세요끼어드십니다끼어드셔끼어드신다
과거Past 끼어드셨어요끼어드셨습니다끼어드셨어끼어드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
끼어드는
과거Past
끼어든
미래Future
끼어들
회상Used to
끼어들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
끼어들고
-게-ly / so that
끼어들게
-어서so / and then
끼어들어서
-으니까since
끼어드니까
-으면if / when
끼어들면
-지만but
끼어들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
끼어드는데
-어도even if
끼어들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 끼어들고 있어요끼어들고 있습니다끼어들고 있어끼어들고 있다
과거Was doing 끼어들고 있었어요끼어들고 있었습니다끼어들고 있었어끼어들고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

이런 건 기업들이 끼어들어야 해요.

It's business that must take a side.

저기 밥이 대화에 끼어들었네.

That's Bob interrupting.

내 일에 끼어들지 마

Don't get in my way.

여기에 끼어들면 안 돼

You are not getting involved in this.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 끼어들다 in Korean?

끼어들다 (to cut in) is 끼어들어요 in the polite 해요체, 끼어듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 끼어들어 in casual 반말 and 끼어든다 in the plain written style. The past is 끼어들었어요.

What is the past tense of 끼어들다?

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

Is 끼어들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 끼어들어 and 끼어드니 but unchanged in 끼어듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 끼어들다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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