매다

to tie, to fasten

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
매는
아/어Infinitive
매
-으니Since
매니
합니다Formal
맵니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 매요맵니다매맨다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맸어요맸습니다맸어맸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 매겠어요매겠습니다매겠어매겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맬 거예요맬 것입니다맬 거야맬 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 매요?맵니까?매?매니?
과거Past 맸어요?맸습니까?맸어?맸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 매세요매십시오매매라
청유Let's 매요맵시다매매자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 매요안 맵니다안 매안 맨다
-지 않다Not (long) 매지 않아요매지 않습니다매지 않아매지 않는다
못Cannot 못 매요못 맵니다못 매못 맨다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 매세요매십니다매셔매신다
과거Past 매셨어요매셨습니다매셨어매셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
매는
과거Past
맨
미래Future
맬
회상Used to
매던

Joining clauses

-고and
매고
-게-ly / so that
매게
-어서so / and then
매서
-으니까since
매니까
-으면if / when
매면
-지만but
매지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
매는데
-어도even if
매도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 매고 있어요매고 있습니다매고 있어매고 있다
과거Was doing 매고 있었어요매고 있었습니다매고 있었어매고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 회사는 책상을 천장에 매어 두었습니다.

And what they've done is rigged the desks to the ceiling.

밭을 매다

to weed a field

너, 맬 줄 아니?

Know how to tie it? Yeah

줄 매는 거 도와줄게

I can help you rig a wire.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 매다 in Korean?

매다 (to tie, to fasten) is 매요 in the polite 해요체, 맵니다 in formal 합니다체, 매 in casual 반말 and 맨다 in the plain written style. The past is 맸어요.

What is the past tense of 매다?

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

Is 매다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맵니다, 매, 매니 all keep 매 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 매다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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