맞대다

to touch 2 things together

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
맞대는
아/어Infinitive
맞대
-으니Since
맞대니
합니다Formal
맞댑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞대요맞댑니다맞대맞댄다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞댔어요맞댔습니다맞댔어맞댔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맞대겠어요맞대겠습니다맞대겠어맞대겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맞댈 거예요맞댈 것입니다맞댈 거야맞댈 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞대요?맞댑니까?맞대?맞대니?
과거Past 맞댔어요?맞댔습니까?맞댔어?맞댔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맞대세요맞대십시오맞대맞대라
청유Let's 맞대요맞댑시다맞대맞대자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 맞대요안 맞댑니다안 맞대안 맞댄다
-지 않다Not (long) 맞대지 않아요맞대지 않습니다맞대지 않아맞대지 않는다
못Cannot 못 맞대요못 맞댑니다못 맞대못 맞댄다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞대세요맞대십니다맞대셔맞대신다
과거Past 맞대셨어요맞대셨습니다맞대셨어맞대셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
맞대는
과거Past
맞댄
미래Future
맞댈
회상Used to
맞대던

Joining clauses

-고and
맞대고
-게-ly / so that
맞대게
-어서so / and then
맞대서
-으니까since
맞대니까
-으면if / when
맞대면
-지만but
맞대지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맞대는데
-어도even if
맞대도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맞대고 있어요맞대고 있습니다맞대고 있어맞대고 있다
과거Was doing 맞대고 있었어요맞대고 있었습니다맞대고 있었어맞대고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

둘이서 머리를 맞대면 혼자보다 낫다.

Two heads are better than one.

알제리와 차드는 국경을 맞대고 있지 않다.

Algeria and Chad don't share borders.

실제로 살아 숨 쉬는 사람들과 얼굴을 맞대고 이야기하자는 겁니다.

I'm talking about in-your-face conversations with real, breathing people.

콜롬비아를 와보신 분이 얼마나 계신지는 모르겠지만, 콜롬비아는 브라질의 북쪽과 국경을 맞대고 있습니다.

And the reason, I don't know how many of you have visited Colombia, but Colombia is just north of the border with Brazil.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 맞대다 in Korean?

맞대다 (to touch 2 things together) is 맞대요 in the polite 해요체, 맞댑니다 in formal 합니다체, 맞대 in casual 반말 and 맞댄다 in the plain written style. The past is 맞댔어요.

What is the past tense of 맞대다?

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

Is 맞대다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맞댑니다, 맞대, 맞대니 all keep 맞대 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맞대다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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