꿇다

to kneel

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꿇는
아/어Infinitive
꿇어
-으니Since
꿇으니
합니다Formal
꿇습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿇어요꿇습니다꿇어꿇는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿇었어요꿇었습니다꿇었어꿇었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꿇겠어요꿇겠습니다꿇겠어꿇겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿇을 거예요꿇을 것입니다꿇을 거야꿇을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿇어요?꿇습니까?꿇어?꿇니?
과거Past 꿇었어요?꿇었습니까?꿇었어?꿇었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿇으세요꿇으십시오꿇어꿇어라
청유Let's 꿇어요꿇읍시다꿇어꿇자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꿇어요안 꿇습니다안 꿇어안 꿇는다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿇지 않아요꿇지 않습니다꿇지 않아꿇지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꿇어요못 꿇습니다못 꿇어못 꿇는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿇으세요꿇으십니다꿇으셔꿇으신다
과거Past 꿇으셨어요꿇으셨습니다꿇으셨어꿇으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿇는
과거Past
꿇은
미래Future
꿇을
회상Used to
꿇던

Joining clauses

-고and
꿇고
-게-ly / so that
꿇게
-어서so / and then
꿇어서
-으니까since
꿇으니까
-으면if / when
꿇으면
-지만but
꿇지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꿇는데
-어도even if
꿇어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꿇고 있어요꿇고 있습니다꿇고 있어꿇고 있다
과거Was doing 꿇고 있었어요꿇고 있었습니다꿇고 있었어꿇고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

2주 동안 무릎 꿇지도 않을거예요!

I'm not going to get on my knees for two weeks.

예측할 수 없지요. 우리를 무릎꿇게 만들 겁니다.

They're unpredictable, and they bring us to our knees.

무릎을 꿇다

to bend one's knees; to surrender

신이 내 앞에 무릎 꿇었네

And now God bends to my will.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 꿇다 in Korean?

꿇다 (to kneel) is 꿇어요 in the polite 해요체, 꿇습니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿇어 in casual 반말 and 꿇는다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿇었어요.

What is the past tense of 꿇다?

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

Is 꿇다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿇습니다, 꿇어, 꿇으니 all keep 꿇 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꿇다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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