막다르다

to be a dead-end

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
막다른
아/어Infinitive
막다르어
-으니Since
막다르니
합니다Formal
막다릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막다르어요막다릅니다막다르어막다르다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 막다르었어요막다르었습니다막다르었어막다르었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 막다르겠어요막다르겠습니다막다르겠어막다르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 막다를 거예요막다를 것입니다막다를 거야막다를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막다르어요?막다릅니까?막다르어?막다르니?
과거Past 막다르었어요?막다르었습니까?막다르었어?막다르었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 막다르어요안 막다릅니다안 막다르어안 막다르다
-지 않다Not (long) 막다르지 않아요막다르지 않습니다막다르지 않아막다르지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 막다르세요막다르십니다막다르셔막다르시다
과거Past 막다르셨어요막다르셨습니다막다르셨어막다르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
막다른
과거Past
막다른
미래Future
막다를
회상Used to
막다르던

Joining clauses

-고and
막다르고
-게-ly / so that
막다르게
-어서so / and then
막다르어서
-으니까since
막다르니까
-으면if / when
막다르면
-지만but
막다르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
막다른데
-어도even if
막다르어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

막다른 골목에 갖힐 것이라든가요.

You're going to get stuck.

우린 지금 막다른 골목에 이르렀어요.

Thus, we are at a tipping point.

이것이 막다른 길이라는 것은 역사가 보여줍니다.

History shows us that it's a dead end.

그러다 저는 언뜻 그것이 막다른 길이라고 믿었습니다.

But I happen to believe that that's a dead end.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 막다르다 in Korean?

막다르다 (to be a dead-end) is 막다르어요 in the polite 해요체, 막다릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 막다르어 in casual 반말 and 막다르다 in the plain written style. The past is 막다르었어요.

What is the past tense of 막다르다?

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

Is 막다르다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 막다릅니다, 막다르어, 막다르니 all keep 막다르 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 막다르다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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