꾸리다 Korean verb conjugation

to pack

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 꾸리다 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
꾸리는
아/어Infinitive
꾸려
-으니Since
꾸리니
합니다Formal
꾸립니다

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 꾸려요꾸립니다꾸려꾸린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꾸렸어요꾸렸습니다꾸렸어꾸렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꾸리겠어요꾸리겠습니다꾸리겠어꾸리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꾸릴 거예요꾸릴 것입니다꾸릴 거야꾸릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꾸려요?꾸립니까?꾸려?꾸리니?
과거Past 꾸렸어요?꾸렸습니까?꾸렸어?꾸렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꾸리세요꾸리십시오꾸려꾸려라
청유Let's 꾸려요꾸립시다꾸려꾸리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 꾸려요안 꾸립니다안 꾸려안 꾸린다
-지 않다Not (long) 꾸리지 않아요꾸리지 않습니다꾸리지 않아꾸리지 않는다
Cannot 못 꾸려요못 꾸립니다못 꾸려못 꾸린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꾸리세요꾸리십니다꾸리셔꾸리신다
과거Past 꾸리셨어요꾸리셨습니다꾸리셨어꾸리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
꾸리는
과거Past
꾸린
미래Future
꾸릴
회상Used to
꾸리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
꾸리고
-게-ly / so that
꾸리게
-어서so / and then
꾸려서
-으니까since
꾸리니까
-으면if / when
꾸리면
-지만but
꾸리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꾸리는데
-어도even if
꾸려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꾸리고 있어요꾸리고 있습니다꾸리고 있어꾸리고 있다
과거Was doing 꾸리고 있었어요꾸리고 있었습니다꾸리고 있었어꾸리고 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.

그녀는 그녀의 수입으로는 생활을 꾸릴 수가 없었다.

She could not make both ends meet on her income.

그래서 저는 그들과 함께 연구팀을 꾸렸습니다.

So I started a research project with them.

두 분은 함께 아리조나로 이사와서 인생을 꾸려갔습니다.

Together they moved to Arizona and built a life.

250년 동안 세계의 부모들은 작은 가정을 꾸려왔습니다.

For 250 years, parents around the world have been deciding to have smaller families.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 꾸리다 in Korean?

꾸리다 (to pack) is 꾸려요 in the polite 해요체, 꾸립니다 in formal 합니다체, 꾸려 in casual 반말 and 꾸린다 in the plain written style. The past is 꾸렸어요.

What is the past tense of 꾸리다?

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

Is 꾸리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꾸립니다, 꾸려, 꾸리니 all keep 꾸리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꾸리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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