꿰매다

to sew

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꿰매는
아/어Infinitive
꿰매
-으니Since
꿰매니
합니다Formal
꿰맵니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿰매요꿰맵니다꿰매꿰맨다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿰맸어요꿰맸습니다꿰맸어꿰맸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꿰매겠어요꿰매겠습니다꿰매겠어꿰매겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿰맬 거예요꿰맬 것입니다꿰맬 거야꿰맬 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿰매요?꿰맵니까?꿰매?꿰매니?
과거Past 꿰맸어요?꿰맸습니까?꿰맸어?꿰맸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿰매세요꿰매십시오꿰매꿰매라
청유Let's 꿰매요꿰맵시다꿰매꿰매자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꿰매요안 꿰맵니다안 꿰매안 꿰맨다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿰매지 않아요꿰매지 않습니다꿰매지 않아꿰매지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꿰매요못 꿰맵니다못 꿰매못 꿰맨다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿰매세요꿰매십니다꿰매셔꿰매신다
과거Past 꿰매셨어요꿰매셨습니다꿰매셨어꿰매셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿰매는
과거Past
꿰맨
미래Future
꿰맬
회상Used to
꿰매던

Joining clauses

-고and
꿰매고
-게-ly / so that
꿰매게
-어서so / and then
꿰매서
-으니까since
꿰매니까
-으면if / when
꿰매면
-지만but
꿰매지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꿰매는데
-어도even if
꿰매도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꿰매고 있어요꿰매고 있습니다꿰매고 있어꿰매고 있다
과거Was doing 꿰매고 있었어요꿰매고 있었습니다꿰매고 있었어꿰매고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그는 이마를 14바늘 꿰맸다.

He got 14 stitches on his forehead.

상처를 꿰매야 했지만 병원은 갈 수 없었습니다.

She needed stitches, but there was no way she would go to a hospital.

하지만 단추는 떨어지면 그냥 다시 꿰매면 됩니다.

If a button falls off, you just literally sew that thing on.

몇 바늘 꿰매셔야 돼요

You're gonna have to get some stitches.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 꿰매다 in Korean?

꿰매다 (to sew) is 꿰매요 in the polite 해요체, 꿰맵니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿰매 in casual 반말 and 꿰맨다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿰맸어요.

What is the past tense of 꿰매다?

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

Is 꿰매다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿰맵니다, 꿰매, 꿰매니 all keep 꿰매 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꿰매다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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