맺다

to bear (fruit), to produce (results)

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
맺는
아/어Infinitive
맺어
-으니Since
맺으니
합니다Formal
맺습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맺어요맺습니다맺어맺는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맺었어요맺었습니다맺었어맺었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맺겠어요맺겠습니다맺겠어맺겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맺을 거예요맺을 것입니다맺을 거야맺을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맺어요?맺습니까?맺어?맺니?
과거Past 맺었어요?맺었습니까?맺었어?맺었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맺으세요맺으십시오맺어맺어라
청유Let's 맺어요맺읍시다맺어맺자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 맺어요안 맺습니다안 맺어안 맺는다
-지 않다Not (long) 맺지 않아요맺지 않습니다맺지 않아맺지 않는다
못Cannot 못 맺어요못 맺습니다못 맺어못 맺는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맺으세요맺으십니다맺으셔맺으신다
과거Past 맺으셨어요맺으셨습니다맺으셨어맺으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
맺는
과거Past
맺은
미래Future
맺을
회상Used to
맺던

Joining clauses

-고and
맺고
-게-ly / so that
맺게
-어서so / and then
맺어서
-으니까since
맺으니까
-으면if / when
맺으면
-지만but
맺지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맺는데
-어도even if
맺어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맺고 있어요맺고 있습니다맺고 있어맺고 있다
과거Was doing 맺고 있었어요맺고 있었습니다맺고 있었어맺고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 이런 식의 관계맺음을 좋아합니다.

I love this idea of engagement.

밥과 앤디는 사업 관계를 맺었다.

Bob and Andy went into business together.

그들은 자연과 의미있는 관계를 맺고 있었죠.

They have a meaningful relationship with the landscape.

관계를 맺고 서로를 위해 어떻게 존재할 수 있을까?

Or how do we engage and know how to be present with each other?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 맺다 in Korean?

맺다 (to bear (fruit), to produce (results)) is 맺어요 in the polite 해요체, 맺습니다 in formal 합니다체, 맺어 in casual 반말 and 맺는다 in the plain written style. The past is 맺었어요.

What is the past tense of 맺다?

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

Is 맺다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맺습니다, 맺어, 맺으니 all keep 맺 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맺다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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