멎다

to stop

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
멎는
아/어Infinitive
멎어
-으니Since
멎으니
합니다Formal
멎습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 멎어요멎습니다멎어멎는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 멎었어요멎었습니다멎었어멎었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 멎겠어요멎겠습니다멎겠어멎겠다
-을 것이다Going to 멎을 거예요멎을 것입니다멎을 거야멎을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멎어요?멎습니까?멎어?멎니?
과거Past 멎었어요?멎었습니까?멎었어?멎었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 멎으세요멎으십시오멎어멎어라
청유Let's 멎어요멎읍시다멎어멎자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 멎어요안 멎습니다안 멎어안 멎는다
-지 않다Not (long) 멎지 않아요멎지 않습니다멎지 않아멎지 않는다
못Cannot 못 멎어요못 멎습니다못 멎어못 멎는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멎으세요멎으십니다멎으셔멎으신다
과거Past 멎으셨어요멎으셨습니다멎으셨어멎으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
멎는
과거Past
멎은
미래Future
멎을
회상Used to
멎던

Joining clauses

-고and
멎고
-게-ly / so that
멎게
-어서so / and then
멎어서
-으니까since
멎으니까
-으면if / when
멎으면
-지만but
멎지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
멎는데
-어도even if
멎어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 멎고 있어요멎고 있습니다멎고 있어멎고 있다
과거Was doing 멎고 있었어요멎고 있었습니다멎고 있었어멎고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여러분의 숨이 멎을 만큼 놀라운 방식으로 근본적인 생각들을 역사와 결합시킵니다.

He synthesizes history with underlying ideas in a way that kind of takes your breath away.

새 심장인데도 한순간 멎게 만들었어요

You're gonna make my heart stop beating, and it's brand-new.

환자 심장이 멎었어

They weren't able to resuscitate.

엄마는 숨이 멎은 딸을 붙든 채 헤엄쳤습니다.

She kept it on her body and she swam with it.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 멎다 in Korean?

멎다 (to stop) is 멎어요 in the polite 해요체, 멎습니다 in formal 합니다체, 멎어 in casual 반말 and 멎는다 in the plain written style. The past is 멎었어요.

What is the past tense of 멎다?

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

Is 멎다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 멎습니다, 멎어, 멎으니 all keep 멎 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 멎다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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