멈추다

to stop

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
멈추는
아/어Infinitive
멈춰
-으니Since
멈추니
합니다Formal
멈춥니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 멈춰요멈춥니다멈춰멈춘다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 멈췄어요멈췄습니다멈췄어멈췄다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 멈추겠어요멈추겠습니다멈추겠어멈추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 멈출 거예요멈출 것입니다멈출 거야멈출 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멈춰요?멈춥니까?멈춰?멈추니?
과거Past 멈췄어요?멈췄습니까?멈췄어?멈췄니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 멈추세요멈추십시오멈춰멈춰라
청유Let's 멈춰요멈춥시다멈춰멈추자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 멈춰요안 멈춥니다안 멈춰안 멈춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 멈추지 않아요멈추지 않습니다멈추지 않아멈추지 않는다
못Cannot 못 멈춰요못 멈춥니다못 멈춰못 멈춘다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멈추세요멈추십니다멈추셔멈추신다
과거Past 멈추셨어요멈추셨습니다멈추셨어멈추셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
멈추는
과거Past
멈춘
미래Future
멈출
회상Used to
멈추던

Joining clauses

-고and
멈추고
-게-ly / so that
멈추게
-어서so / and then
멈춰서
-으니까since
멈추니까
-으면if / when
멈추면
-지만but
멈추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
멈추는데
-어도even if
멈춰도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 멈추고 있어요멈추고 있습니다멈추고 있어멈추고 있다
과거Was doing 멈추고 있었어요멈추고 있었습니다멈추고 있었어멈추고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

식사 중에 그런 얘기 멈춰.

Quit talking about that while we're eating.

차를 멈추게하고 쉬는게 어때?

How about stopping the car and taking a rest?

하지만 제가 멈추게 했죠.

But then I stopped them.

한 순간 시간이 멈췄습니다.

For a moment, time stood still.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 멈추다 in Korean?

멈추다 (to stop) is 멈춰요 in the polite 해요체, 멈춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 멈춰 in casual 반말 and 멈춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 멈췄어요.

What is the past tense of 멈추다?

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

Is 멈추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 멈춥니다, 멈춰, 멈추니 all keep 멈추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 멈추다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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