만들다 Korean verb conjugation

to make

Every form of 만들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
만드는
아/어Infinitive
만들어
-으니Since
만드니
합니다Formal
만듭니다

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 만들어요만듭니다만들어만든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 만들었어요만들었습니다만들었어만들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 만들겠어요만들겠습니다만들겠어만들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 만들 거예요만들 것입니다만들 거야만들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 만들어요?만듭니까?만들어?만드니?
과거Past 만들었어요?만들었습니까?만들었어?만들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 만드세요만드십시오만들어만들어라
청유Let's 만들어요만듭시다만들어만들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 만들어요안 만듭니다안 만들어안 만든다
-지 않다Not (long) 만들지 않아요만들지 않습니다만들지 않아만들지 않는다
Cannot 못 만들어요못 만듭니다못 만들어못 만든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 만드세요만드십니다만드셔만드신다
과거Past 만드셨어요만드셨습니다만드셨어만드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
만드는
과거Past
만든
미래Future
만들
회상Used to
만들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
만들고
-게-ly / so that
만들게
-어서so / and then
만들어서
-으니까since
만드니까
-으면if / when
만들면
-지만but
만들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
만드는데
-어도even if
만들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 만들고 있어요만들고 있습니다만들고 있어만들고 있다
과거Was doing 만들고 있었어요만들고 있었습니다만들고 있었어만들고 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.

1914년에 이것은 LP 드레이퍼가 만들었습니다.

In 1914 it was created or invented by a guy named LP Draper.

프로토타입을 만들어 봄으로서 말이죠.

And they were doing that through building prototypes.

블록체인 위키피디아를 만들 수 있어요.

So we can create that using blockchains.

듀섹은 1799년까지 런던을 그의 집으로 만들었다.

Dussek made London his home until 1799. By 1790 he was well established as a performer and teacher.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 만들다 in Korean?

만들다 (to make) is 만들어요 in the polite 해요체, 만듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 만들어 in casual 반말 and 만든다 in the plain written style. The past is 만들었어요.

What is the past tense of 만들다?

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

Is 만들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 만들어 and 만드니 but unchanged in 만듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 만들다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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