맞추다 Korean verb conjugation

to adjust

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 맞추다 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
맞추는
아/어Infinitive
맞춰
-으니Since
맞추니
합니다Formal
맞춥니다

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 맞춰요맞춥니다맞춰맞춘다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞췄어요맞췄습니다맞췄어맞췄다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맞추겠어요맞추겠습니다맞추겠어맞추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맞출 거예요맞출 것입니다맞출 거야맞출 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞춰요?맞춥니까?맞춰?맞추니?
과거Past 맞췄어요?맞췄습니까?맞췄어?맞췄니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맞추세요맞추십시오맞춰맞춰라
청유Let's 맞춰요맞춥시다맞춰맞추자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 맞춰요안 맞춥니다안 맞춰안 맞춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 맞추지 않아요맞추지 않습니다맞추지 않아맞추지 않는다
Cannot 못 맞춰요못 맞춥니다못 맞춰못 맞춘다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞추세요맞추십니다맞추셔맞추신다
과거Past 맞추셨어요맞추셨습니다맞추셨어맞추셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
맞추는
과거Past
맞춘
미래Future
맞출
회상Used to
맞추던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
맞추고
-게-ly / so that
맞추게
-어서so / and then
맞춰서
-으니까since
맞추니까
-으면if / when
맞추면
-지만but
맞추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맞추는데
-어도even if
맞춰도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맞추고 있어요맞추고 있습니다맞추고 있어맞추고 있다
과거Was doing 맞추고 있었어요맞추고 있었습니다맞추고 있었어맞추고 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.

나는 너의 계획에 맞춰줄 수 없어.

I can't keep pace with your plan.

맞출수 있는지 보십시오.

See if you can guess.

한 번 누군지 맞춰보세요.

Try and guess who they are.

맞춰 보세요. 몇 명일까요?

Do you have a guess? How many?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 맞추다 in Korean?

맞추다 (to adjust) is 맞춰요 in the polite 해요체, 맞춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 맞춰 in casual 반말 and 맞춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 맞췄어요.

What is the past tense of 맞추다?

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

Is 맞추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맞춥니다, 맞춰, 맞추니 all keep 맞추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맞추다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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