껴안다 Korean verb conjugation
to hug, to embrace
Every form of 껴안다 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
- 껴안는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 껴안아
- -으니Since
- 껴안으니
- 합니다Formal
- 껴안습니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 껴안아요 | 껴안습니다 | 껴안아 | 껴안는다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 껴안았어요 | 껴안았습니다 | 껴안았어 | 껴안았다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 껴안겠어요 | 껴안겠습니다 | 껴안겠어 | 껴안겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 껴안을 거예요 | 껴안을 것입니다 | 껴안을 거야 | 껴안을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 껴안아요? | 껴안습니까? | 껴안아? | 껴안니? |
| 과거Past | 껴안았어요? | 껴안았습니까? | 껴안았어? | 껴안았니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 껴안으세요 | 껴안으십시오 | 껴안아 | 껴안아라 |
| 청유Let's | 껴안아요 | 껴안읍시다 | 껴안아 | 껴안자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 껴안아요 | 안 껴안습니다 | 안 껴안아 | 안 껴안는다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 껴안지 않아요 | 껴안지 않습니다 | 껴안지 않아 | 껴안지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 껴안아요 | 못 껴안습니다 | 못 껴안아 | 못 껴안는다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 껴안으세요 | 껴안으십니다 | 껴안으셔 | 껴안으신다 |
| 과거Past | 껴안으셨어요 | 껴안으셨습니다 | 껴안으셨어 | 껴안으셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 껴안는
- 과거Past
- 껴안은
- 미래Future
- 껴안을
- 회상Used to
- 껴안던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 껴안고
- -게-ly / so that
- 껴안게
- -어서so / and then
- 껴안아서
- -으니까since
- 껴안으니까
- -으면if / when
- 껴안으면
- -지만but
- 껴안지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 껴안는데
- -어도even if
- 껴안아도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 껴안고 있어요 | 껴안고 있습니다 | 껴안고 있어 | 껴안고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 껴안고 있었어요 | 껴안고 있었습니다 | 껴안고 있었어 | 껴안고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 껴안다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
아이를 꼭 껴안을 땐
I embrace her, hold her tight.
또한 많은 종류의 새들은 사람들처럼 만지고 껴안으며 사랑합니다.
Birds also, multiple species of them, do love to touch and cuddle just like humans.
그들은 근본적으로 여러분께 말할 겁니다. 당신은 나무를 껴안을 건가요
And really, they fundamentally told you, "Are you going to hug a tree?
왜 날 껴안는 건데?
Why do I have to be the one who get hugged?
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 껴안다 in Korean?
껴안다 (to hug, to embrace) is 껴안아요 in the polite 해요체, 껴안습니다 in formal 합니다체, 껴안아 in casual 반말 and 껴안는다 in the plain written style. The past is 껴안았어요.
What is the past tense of 껴안다?
껴안았어요 in everyday polite speech, 껴안았습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 껴안아 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 껴안다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 껴안습니다, 껴안아, 껴안으니 all keep 껴안 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 껴안다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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