맞이하다 Korean verb conjugation

to welcome

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 맞이하다 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
맞이하는
아/어Infinitive
맞이하
-으니Since
맞이하니
합니다Formal
맞이합니다

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 맞이하요맞이합니다맞이하맞이한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞이핬어요맞이핬습니다맞이핬어맞이핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맞이하겠어요맞이하겠습니다맞이하겠어맞이하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맞이할 거예요맞이할 것입니다맞이할 거야맞이할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞이하요?맞이합니까?맞이하?맞이하니?
과거Past 맞이핬어요?맞이핬습니까?맞이핬어?맞이핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맞이하세요맞이하십시오맞이하맞이하라
청유Let's 맞이하요맞이합시다맞이하맞이하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 맞이하요안 맞이합니다안 맞이하안 맞이한다
-지 않다Not (long) 맞이하지 않아요맞이하지 않습니다맞이하지 않아맞이하지 않는다
Cannot 못 맞이하요못 맞이합니다못 맞이하못 맞이한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞이하세요맞이하십니다맞이하셔맞이하신다
과거Past 맞이하셨어요맞이하셨습니다맞이하셨어맞이하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
맞이하는
과거Past
맞이한
미래Future
맞이할
회상Used to
맞이하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
맞이하고
-게-ly / so that
맞이하게
-어서so / and then
맞이하서
-으니까since
맞이하니까
-으면if / when
맞이하면
-지만but
맞이하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맞이하는데
-어도even if
맞이하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맞이하고 있어요맞이하고 있습니다맞이하고 있어맞이하고 있다
과거Was doing 맞이하고 있었어요맞이하고 있었습니다맞이하고 있었어맞이하고 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.

그들은 언제나 당신을 맞이하러 오지 않나요?

They always come for you, don't they, your girls?

계획한 데로 맞이한 죽음이었으니까요.

He had the death he planned for.

난 새로운 집에서 새로운 친구들과 새로운 시작을 맞이했다

I has a new start in a new home with new friends.

나는 모두를 반갑게 맞이했어.

I welcomed everyone.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 맞이하다 in Korean?

맞이하다 (to welcome) is 맞이하요 in the polite 해요체, 맞이합니다 in formal 합니다체, 맞이하 in casual 반말 and 맞이한다 in the plain written style. The past is 맞이핬어요.

What is the past tense of 맞이하다?

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

Is 맞이하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맞이합니다, 맞이하, 맞이하니 all keep 맞이하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맞이하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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