매다 Korean verb conjugation

to tie, to fasten

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 매다 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
매는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
매니
합니다Formal
맵니다

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 매요맵니다맨다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맸어요맸습니다맸어맸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

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

의문Questions

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

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 매세요매십시오매라
청유Let's 매요맵시다매자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 매요안 맵니다안 매안 맨다
-지 않다Not (long) 매지 않아요매지 않습니다매지 않아매지 않는다
Cannot 못 매요못 맵니다못 매못 맨다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 매세요매십니다매셔매신다
과거Past 매셨어요매셨습니다매셨어매셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
매는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
매던

연결Joining 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

진행In progress

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

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.

자주 묻는 질문Common 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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