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맞닥뜨리다

to be faced with sth unpleasant

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
맞닥뜨리는
아/어Infinitive
맞닥뜨려
-으니Since
맞닥뜨리니
합니다Formal
맞닥뜨립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞닥뜨려요맞닥뜨립니다맞닥뜨려맞닥뜨린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞닥뜨렸어요맞닥뜨렸습니다맞닥뜨렸어맞닥뜨렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맞닥뜨리겠어요맞닥뜨리겠습니다맞닥뜨리겠어맞닥뜨리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맞닥뜨릴 거예요맞닥뜨릴 것입니다맞닥뜨릴 거야맞닥뜨릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞닥뜨려요?맞닥뜨립니까?맞닥뜨려?맞닥뜨리니?
과거Past 맞닥뜨렸어요?맞닥뜨렸습니까?맞닥뜨렸어?맞닥뜨렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맞닥뜨리세요맞닥뜨리십시오맞닥뜨려맞닥뜨려라
청유Let's 맞닥뜨려요맞닥뜨립시다맞닥뜨려맞닥뜨리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 맞닥뜨려요안 맞닥뜨립니다안 맞닥뜨려안 맞닥뜨린다
-지 않다Not (long) 맞닥뜨리지 않아요맞닥뜨리지 않습니다맞닥뜨리지 않아맞닥뜨리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 맞닥뜨려요못 맞닥뜨립니다못 맞닥뜨려못 맞닥뜨린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞닥뜨리세요맞닥뜨리십니다맞닥뜨리셔맞닥뜨리신다
과거Past 맞닥뜨리셨어요맞닥뜨리셨습니다맞닥뜨리셨어맞닥뜨리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
맞닥뜨리는
과거Past
맞닥뜨린
미래Future
맞닥뜨릴
회상Used to
맞닥뜨리던

Joining clauses

-고and
맞닥뜨리고
-게-ly / so that
맞닥뜨리게
-어서so / and then
맞닥뜨려서
-으니까since
맞닥뜨리니까
-으면if / when
맞닥뜨리면
-지만but
맞닥뜨리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맞닥뜨리는데
-어도even if
맞닥뜨려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맞닥뜨리고 있어요맞닥뜨리고 있습니다맞닥뜨리고 있어맞닥뜨리고 있다
과거Was doing 맞닥뜨리고 있었어요맞닥뜨리고 있었습니다맞닥뜨리고 있었어맞닥뜨리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 문제를 언제 처음 맞닥뜨리게 되었냐면,

So let me tell you where I first bumped into this problem.

이제 우린 근본적인 모순과 맞닥뜨릴 수밖에 없습니다.

We have arrived at a fundamental contradiction.

어떤 이들은 아이들이 폭력과 맞닥뜨리지 않을까 걱정했습니다.

Some of us worried that they might encounter violence.

이는 교사이자, 기혼자인 저 자신도 매일 맞닥뜨리는 문제입니다.

So as a teacher and as a spouse, this is, of course, a problem I confront every day.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 맞닥뜨리다 in Korean?

맞닥뜨리다 (to be faced with sth unpleasant) is 맞닥뜨려요 in the polite 해요체, 맞닥뜨립니다 in formal 합니다체, 맞닥뜨려 in casual 반말 and 맞닥뜨린다 in the plain written style. The past is 맞닥뜨렸어요.

What is the past tense of 맞닥뜨리다?

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

Is 맞닥뜨리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맞닥뜨립니다, 맞닥뜨려, 맞닥뜨리니 all keep 맞닥뜨리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맞닥뜨리다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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