밀다 Korean verb conjugation

to push

Every form of 밀다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
미는
아/어Infinitive
밀어
-으니Since
미니
합니다Formal
밉니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 밀어요밉니다밀어민다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 밀었어요밀었습니다밀었어밀었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 밀겠어요밀겠습니다밀겠어밀겠다
-을 것이다Going to 밀 거예요밀 것입니다밀 거야밀 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 밀어요?밉니까?밀어?미니?
과거Past 밀었어요?밀었습니까?밀었어?밀었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 미세요미십시오밀어밀어라
청유Let's 밀어요밉시다밀어밀자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 밀어요안 밉니다안 밀어안 민다
-지 않다Not (long) 밀지 않아요밀지 않습니다밀지 않아밀지 않는다
Cannot 못 밀어요못 밉니다못 밀어못 민다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 미세요미십니다미셔미신다
과거Past 미셨어요미셨습니다미셨어미셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
미는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
밀던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
밀고
-게-ly / so that
밀게
-어서so / and then
밀어서
-으니까since
미니까
-으면if / when
밀면
-지만but
밀지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
미는데
-어도even if
밀어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 밀고 있어요밀고 있습니다밀고 있어밀고 있다
과거Was doing 밀고 있었어요밀고 있었습니다밀고 있었어밀고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

다 들어가니까 밀지말고

No pushing, everybody can fit.

우리는 밀고 나갈 수 있습니다.

We can push through that.

모두 한 방향으로 밀기 시작합니다. 이런 일이 생기죠.

Every individual starts pushing in one direction and this is what happens.

그들은 기본적으로 산들을 바다의 방향으로 미는 역할을 합니다.

They're basically taking these mountains and pushing them down towards the sea.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 밀다 in Korean?

밀다 (to push) is 밀어요 in the polite 해요체, 밉니다 in formal 합니다체, 밀어 in casual 반말 and 민다 in the plain written style. The past is 밀었어요.

What is the past tense of 밀다?

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

Is 밀다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 밀어 and 미니 but unchanged in 밉니다.

What TOPIK level is 밀다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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