막다

to block, to stop up

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
막는
아/어Infinitive
막아
-으니Since
막으니
합니다Formal
막습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막아요막습니다막아막는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막았어요막았습니다막았어막았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 막겠어요막겠습니다막겠어막겠다
-을 것이다Going to 막을 거예요막을 것입니다막을 거야막을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막아요?막습니까?막아?막니?
과거Past 막았어요?막았습니까?막았어?막았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 막으세요막으십시오막아막아라
청유Let's 막아요막읍시다막아막자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 막아요안 막습니다안 막아안 막는다
-지 않다Not (long) 막지 않아요막지 않습니다막지 않아막지 않는다
못Cannot 못 막아요못 막습니다못 막아못 막는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막으세요막으십니다막으셔막으신다
과거Past 막으셨어요막으셨습니다막으셨어막으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
막는
과거Past
막은
미래Future
막을
회상Used to
막던

Joining clauses

-고and
막고
-게-ly / so that
막게
-어서so / and then
막아서
-으니까since
막으니까
-으면if / when
막으면
-지만but
막지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
막는데
-어도even if
막아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 막고 있어요막고 있습니다막고 있어막고 있다
과거Was doing 막고 있었어요막고 있었습니다막고 있었어막고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그걸 우리가 막아봅시다.

Let's see if we can distort that.

여기 그림을 보시면 간을 막아서

And here we see the illustration of blocking the liver.

하지만 돈키호테를 막을 순 없었습니다.

But Don Quixote is unstoppable.

저는 이런 것들을 막을 수 있다고 믿습니다.

I profoundly believe this is avoidable.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 막다 in Korean?

막다 (to block, to stop up) is 막아요 in the polite 해요체, 막습니다 in formal 합니다체, 막아 in casual 반말 and 막는다 in the plain written style. The past is 막았어요.

What is the past tense of 막다?

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

Is 막다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 막습니다, 막아, 막으니 all keep 막 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 막다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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