꿈꾸다 Korean verb conjugation

to dream

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 꿈꾸다 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
꿈꾸는
아/어Infinitive
꿈꿔
-으니Since
꿈꾸니
합니다Formal
꿈꿉니다

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 꿈꿔요꿈꿉니다꿈꿔꿈꾼다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿈꿨어요꿈꿨습니다꿈꿨어꿈꿨다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꿈꾸겠어요꿈꾸겠습니다꿈꾸겠어꿈꾸겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿈꿀 거예요꿈꿀 것입니다꿈꿀 거야꿈꿀 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿈꿔요?꿈꿉니까?꿈꿔?꿈꾸니?
과거Past 꿈꿨어요?꿈꿨습니까?꿈꿨어?꿈꿨니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿈꾸세요꿈꾸십시오꿈꿔꿈꿔라
청유Let's 꿈꿔요꿈꿉시다꿈꿔꿈꾸자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 꿈꿔요안 꿈꿉니다안 꿈꿔안 꿈꾼다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿈꾸지 않아요꿈꾸지 않습니다꿈꾸지 않아꿈꾸지 않는다
Cannot 못 꿈꿔요못 꿈꿉니다못 꿈꿔못 꿈꾼다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿈꾸세요꿈꾸십니다꿈꾸셔꿈꾸신다
과거Past 꿈꾸셨어요꿈꾸셨습니다꿈꾸셨어꿈꾸셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿈꾸는
과거Past
꿈꾼
미래Future
꿈꿀
회상Used to
꿈꾸던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
꿈꾸고
-게-ly / so that
꿈꾸게
-어서so / and then
꿈꿔서
-으니까since
꿈꾸니까
-으면if / when
꿈꾸면
-지만but
꿈꾸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꿈꾸는데
-어도even if
꿈꿔도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꿈꾸고 있어요꿈꾸고 있습니다꿈꾸고 있어꿈꾸고 있다
과거Was doing 꿈꾸고 있었어요꿈꾸고 있었습니다꿈꾸고 있었어꿈꾸고 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.

미래를 꿈꿀 수 있고,

We can visualize the future.

나는 모델을 꿈꾸곤 했다.

I used to dream about becoming a model.

그리고 함께 꿈꿔야 합니다.

And we have to dream it up together.

미래에 대해 꿈꾸는 것은요?

What do you love about the future?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 꿈꾸다 in Korean?

꿈꾸다 (to dream) is 꿈꿔요 in the polite 해요체, 꿈꿉니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿈꿔 in casual 반말 and 꿈꾼다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿈꿨어요.

What is the past tense of 꿈꾸다?

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

Is 꿈꾸다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿈꿉니다, 꿈꿔, 꿈꾸니 all keep 꿈꾸 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꿈꾸다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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