맞서다

to stand against, to oppose

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
맞서는
아/어Infinitive
맞서
-으니Since
맞서니
합니다Formal
맞섭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞서요맞섭니다맞서맞선다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 맞섰어요맞섰습니다맞섰어맞섰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 맞서겠어요맞서겠습니다맞서겠어맞서겠다
-을 것이다Going to 맞설 거예요맞설 것입니다맞설 거야맞설 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞서요?맞섭니까?맞서?맞서니?
과거Past 맞섰어요?맞섰습니까?맞섰어?맞섰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 맞서세요맞서십시오맞서맞서라
청유Let's 맞서요맞섭시다맞서맞서자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 맞서요안 맞섭니다안 맞서안 맞선다
-지 않다Not (long) 맞서지 않아요맞서지 않습니다맞서지 않아맞서지 않는다
못Cannot 못 맞서요못 맞섭니다못 맞서못 맞선다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 맞서세요맞서십니다맞서셔맞서신다
과거Past 맞서셨어요맞서셨습니다맞서셨어맞서셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
맞서는
과거Past
맞선
미래Future
맞설
회상Used to
맞서던

Joining clauses

-고and
맞서고
-게-ly / so that
맞서게
-어서so / and then
맞서서
-으니까since
맞서니까
-으면if / when
맞서면
-지만but
맞서지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
맞서는데
-어도even if
맞서도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 맞서고 있어요맞서고 있습니다맞서고 있어맞서고 있다
과거Was doing 맞서고 있었어요맞서고 있었습니다맞서고 있었어맞서고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그것에 맞서 싸우고 있었습니다.

But they were fighting it out.

이건 수 세기 동안 인류가 맞서 온 싸움입니다.

It is a battle that the human race has been fighting for centuries.

성장하면서 여러 형태의 성차별에 맞서 싸워왔습니다.

I was the type of girl that fought every form of gender discrimination growing up.

에볼라에 맞서 싸우는 동안 경찰까지 우리를 도왔습니다.

And the national police even supported our work during the Ebola response.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 맞서다 in Korean?

맞서다 (to stand against, to oppose) is 맞서요 in the polite 해요체, 맞섭니다 in formal 합니다체, 맞서 in casual 반말 and 맞선다 in the plain written style. The past is 맞섰어요.

What is the past tense of 맞서다?

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

Is 맞서다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 맞섭니다, 맞서, 맞서니 all keep 맞서 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 맞서다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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