맞다

to be hit

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
맞는
아/어Infinitive
맞아
-으니Since
맞으니
합니다Formal
맞습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞아요맞습니다맞아맞는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞았어요맞았습니다맞았어맞았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맞겠어요맞겠습니다맞겠어맞겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맞을 거예요맞을 것입니다맞을 거야맞을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞아요?맞습니까?맞아?맞니?
과거Past 맞았어요?맞았습니까?맞았어?맞았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맞으세요맞으십시오맞아맞아라
청유Let's 맞아요맞읍시다맞아맞자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 맞아요안 맞습니다안 맞아안 맞는다
-지 않다Not (long) 맞지 않아요맞지 않습니다맞지 않아맞지 않는다
못Cannot 못 맞아요못 맞습니다못 맞아못 맞는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞으세요맞으십니다맞으셔맞으신다
과거Past 맞으셨어요맞으셨습니다맞으셨어맞으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
맞는
과거Past
맞은
미래Future
맞을
회상Used to
맞던

Joining clauses

-고and
맞고
-게-ly / so that
맞게
-어서so / and then
맞아서
-으니까since
맞으니까
-으면if / when
맞으면
-지만but
맞지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맞는데
-어도even if
맞아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맞고 있어요맞고 있습니다맞고 있어맞고 있다
과거Was doing 맞고 있었어요맞고 있었습니다맞고 있었어맞고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

네 말이 맞다.

You are right.

내 말이 맞았다면?

What if I'm right?

봤지, 내가 맞았어.

You see, I'm right.

제 말이 맞죠

I thought so.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 맞다 in Korean?

맞다 (to be hit) is 맞아요 in the polite 해요체, 맞습니다 in formal 합니다체, 맞아 in casual 반말 and 맞는다 in the plain written style. The past is 맞았어요.

What is the past tense of 맞다?

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

Is 맞다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맞습니다, 맞아, 맞으니 all keep 맞 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맞다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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