꾸다 Korean verb conjugation

to dream

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 꾸다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
꾸는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
꾸니
합니다Formal
꿉니다

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 꿔요꿉니다꾼다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿨어요꿨습니다꿨어꿨다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꾸겠어요꾸겠습니다꾸겠어꾸겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿀 거예요꿀 것입니다꿀 거야꿀 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿔요?꿉니까?꿔?꾸니?
과거Past 꿨어요?꿨습니까?꿨어?꿨니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꾸세요꾸십시오꿔라
청유Let's 꿔요꿉시다꾸자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 꿔요안 꿉니다안 꿔안 꾼다
-지 않다Not (long) 꾸지 않아요꾸지 않습니다꾸지 않아꾸지 않는다
Cannot 못 꿔요못 꿉니다못 꿔못 꾼다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꾸세요꾸십니다꾸셔꾸신다
과거Past 꾸셨어요꾸셨습니다꾸셨어꾸셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
꾸는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
꾸던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
꾸고
-게-ly / so that
꾸게
-어서so / and then
꿔서
-으니까since
꾸니까
-으면if / when
꾸면
-지만but
꾸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꾸는데
-어도even if
꿔도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꾸고 있어요꾸고 있습니다꾸고 있어꾸고 있다
과거Was doing 꾸고 있었어요꾸고 있었습니다꾸고 있었어꾸고 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.

꿈을 꾸고 에너지로 가득찬 놀라운 사람들이 있습니다.

There are people who are dreamers and amazing people full of energy.

야, 시장 오겠으꾸마.

Yes, now I will go there

왜 우리는 꿈을 꿔?

Why do we dream?

내 꿈 꿔본 적 있어?

Have you ever dreamed of me?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 꾸다 in Korean?

꾸다 (to dream) is 꿔요 in the polite 해요체, 꿉니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿔 in casual 반말 and 꾼다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿨어요.

What is the past tense of 꾸다?

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

Is 꾸다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿉니다, 꿔, 꾸니 all keep 꾸 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꾸다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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