밑돌다 Korean verb conjugation

to fall short of

Every form of 밑돌다 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
밑도는
아/어Infinitive
밑돌아
-으니Since
밑도니
합니다Formal
밑돕니다

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 밑돌아요밑돕니다밑돌아밑돈다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 밑돌았어요밑돌았습니다밑돌았어밑돌았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 밑돌겠어요밑돌겠습니다밑돌겠어밑돌겠다
-을 것이다Going to 밑돌 거예요밑돌 것입니다밑돌 거야밑돌 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 밑돌아요?밑돕니까?밑돌아?밑도니?
과거Past 밑돌았어요?밑돌았습니까?밑돌았어?밑돌았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 밑도세요밑도십시오밑돌아밑돌아라
청유Let's 밑돌아요밑돕시다밑돌아밑돌자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 밑돌아요안 밑돕니다안 밑돌아안 밑돈다
-지 않다Not (long) 밑돌지 않아요밑돌지 않습니다밑돌지 않아밑돌지 않는다
Cannot 못 밑돌아요못 밑돕니다못 밑돌아못 밑돈다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 밑도세요밑도십니다밑도셔밑도신다
과거Past 밑도셨어요밑도셨습니다밑도셨어밑도셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
밑도는
과거Past
밑돈
미래Future
밑돌
회상Used to
밑돌던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
밑돌고
-게-ly / so that
밑돌게
-어서so / and then
밑돌아서
-으니까since
밑도니까
-으면if / when
밑돌면
-지만but
밑돌지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
밑도는데
-어도even if
밑돌아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 밑돌고 있어요밑돌고 있습니다밑돌고 있어밑돌고 있다
과거Was doing 밑돌고 있었어요밑돌고 있었습니다밑돌고 있었어밑돌고 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.

2004년 7월, 카르발류는 €30M을 약간 밑도는 가격에 첼시로 이적했다.

In July 2004, Carvalho transferred to Chelsea for a fee of just under €30 million.

접종자의 수가 세계 여러나라에서 기준점을 밑돌았습니다.

The number of people vaccinated, in many communities around the world, fell below this threshold.

그래서 승률 3할 5푼을 밑도는 팀은 강제로 해산하는 벌칙을 마련했지만, 벌칙이 적용된 팀은 없었다.

Instead of putting a level between the 5th and 6th team, they decided to set a threshold that a team could not pass without a fee.

이것은 세후 수익율이고 파괴 이후에 그 때문에 파괴 이후 세후 평균수익율이 아주 오랫동안 성장율을 밑돌았습니다.

This is the after-tax rate of return, and after destruction, and this is what brought the average rate of return after tax, after destruction, below the growth rate during a long time period.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 밑돌다 in Korean?

밑돌다 (to fall short of) is 밑돌아요 in the polite 해요체, 밑돕니다 in formal 합니다체, 밑돌아 in casual 반말 and 밑돈다 in the plain written style. The past is 밑돌았어요.

What is the past tense of 밑돌다?

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

Is 밑돌다 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 밑돌아 and 밑도니 but unchanged in 밑돕니다.

What TOPIK level is 밑돌다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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