맡다 Korean verb conjugation

to take charge of

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 맡다 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
맡는
아/어Infinitive
맡아
-으니Since
맡으니
합니다Formal
맡습니다

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 맡아요맡습니다맡아맡는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맡았어요맡았습니다맡았어맡았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맡겠어요맡겠습니다맡겠어맡겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맡을 거예요맡을 것입니다맡을 거야맡을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맡아요?맡습니까?맡아?맡니?
과거Past 맡았어요?맡았습니까?맡았어?맡았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맡으세요맡으십시오맡아맡아라
청유Let's 맡아요맡읍시다맡아맡자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 맡아요안 맡습니다안 맡아안 맡는다
-지 않다Not (long) 맡지 않아요맡지 않습니다맡지 않아맡지 않는다
Cannot 못 맡아요못 맡습니다못 맡아못 맡는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맡으세요맡으십니다맡으셔맡으신다
과거Past 맡으셨어요맡으셨습니다맡으셨어맡으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
맡는
과거Past
맡은
미래Future
맡을
회상Used to
맡던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
맡고
-게-ly / so that
맡게
-어서so / and then
맡아서
-으니까since
맡으니까
-으면if / when
맡으면
-지만but
맡지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맡는데
-어도even if
맡아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맡고 있어요맡고 있습니다맡고 있어맡고 있다
과거Was doing 맡고 있었어요맡고 있었습니다맡고 있었어맡고 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.

모두들 역할을 맡고 싶어 했어요.

Everybody wants to play a part.

일을 맡다

to undertake a job

내 일을 맡아 줘

Take over for me.

그들이 아빠를 맡게해.

You let them take care of the dad.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 맡다 in Korean?

맡다 (to take charge of) is 맡아요 in the polite 해요체, 맡습니다 in formal 합니다체, 맡아 in casual 반말 and 맡는다 in the plain written style. The past is 맡았어요.

What is the past tense of 맡다?

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

Is 맡다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맡습니다, 맡아, 맡으니 all keep 맡 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맡다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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