모시다 Korean verb conjugation

to serve or wait on a higher-status person

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 모시다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
모시는
아/어Infinitive
모셔
-으니Since
모시니
합니다Formal
모십니다

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 모셔요모십니다모셔모신다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 모셨어요모셨습니다모셨어모셨다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 모시겠어요모시겠습니다모시겠어모시겠다
-을 것이다Going to 모실 거예요모실 것입니다모실 거야모실 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 모셔요?모십니까?모셔?모시니?
과거Past 모셨어요?모셨습니까?모셨어?모셨니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 모시세요모시십시오모셔모셔라
청유Let's 모셔요모십시다모셔모시자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 모셔요안 모십니다안 모셔안 모신다
-지 않다Not (long) 모시지 않아요모시지 않습니다모시지 않아모시지 않는다
Cannot 못 모셔요못 모십니다못 모셔못 모신다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 모시세요모시십니다모시셔모시신다
과거Past 모시셨어요모시셨습니다모시셨어모시셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
모시는
과거Past
모신
미래Future
모실
회상Used to
모시던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
모시고
-게-ly / so that
모시게
-어서so / and then
모셔서
-으니까since
모시니까
-으면if / when
모시면
-지만but
모시지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
모시는데
-어도even if
모셔도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 모시고 있어요모시고 있습니다모시고 있어모시고 있다
과거Was doing 모시고 있었어요모시고 있었습니다모시고 있었어모시고 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.

이 자리에 한번 모셔볼게요.

Let's have her join us on the stage.

이를 도와 줄 두 분을 모셨습니다.

And I have two people with us to help us do that.

두 분 모두 TED에 모실 수 있어서 좋네요.

It's just a delight to have you both here at TED.

더 잘 모실 겁니다.

To better serve you. Nope, nope.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 모시다 in Korean?

모시다 (to serve or wait on a higher-status person) is 모셔요 in the polite 해요체, 모십니다 in formal 합니다체, 모셔 in casual 반말 and 모신다 in the plain written style. The past is 모셨어요.

What is the past tense of 모시다?

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

Is 모시다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 모십니다, 모셔, 모시니 all keep 모시 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 모시다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

Dictionary form, meaning, sentence patterns, examples and audio from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.