믿다

to trust, to believe

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
믿는
아/어Infinitive
믿어
-으니Since
믿으니
합니다Formal
믿습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 믿어요믿습니다믿어믿는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 믿었어요믿었습니다믿었어믿었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 믿겠어요믿겠습니다믿겠어믿겠다
-을 것이다Going to 믿을 거예요믿을 것입니다믿을 거야믿을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 믿어요?믿습니까?믿어?믿니?
과거Past 믿었어요?믿었습니까?믿었어?믿었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 믿으세요믿으십시오믿어믿어라
청유Let's 믿어요믿읍시다믿어믿자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 믿어요안 믿습니다안 믿어안 믿는다
-지 않다Not (long) 믿지 않아요믿지 않습니다믿지 않아믿지 않는다
못Cannot 못 믿어요못 믿습니다못 믿어못 믿는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 믿으세요믿으십니다믿으셔믿으신다
과거Past 믿으셨어요믿으셨습니다믿으셨어믿으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
믿는
과거Past
믿은
미래Future
믿을
회상Used to
믿던

Joining clauses

-고and
믿고
-게-ly / so that
믿게
-어서so / and then
믿어서
-으니까since
믿으니까
-으면if / when
믿으면
-지만but
믿지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
믿는데
-어도even if
믿어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 믿고 있어요믿고 있습니다믿고 있어믿고 있다
과거Was doing 믿고 있었어요믿고 있었습니다믿고 있었어믿고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

믿을 수 없는 일입니다.

It's kind of unbelievable.

저도 사실 안 믿었어요.

In fact, neither did I.

그래서 저도 믿게 되었습니다.

And so I believed it, too.

찾게 되더라도 믿을만 한가요?

If I could find one, are they trustworthy?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 믿다 in Korean?

믿다 (to trust, to believe) is 믿어요 in the polite 해요체, 믿습니다 in formal 합니다체, 믿어 in casual 반말 and 믿는다 in the plain written style. The past is 믿었어요.

What is the past tense of 믿다?

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

Is 믿다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 믿습니다, 믿어, 믿으니 all keep 믿 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 믿다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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