묻다 Korean verb conjugation

to ask

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 묻다 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
묻는
아/어Infinitive
묻어
-으니Since
묻으니
합니다Formal
묻습니다

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 묻어요묻습니다묻어묻는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 묻었어요묻었습니다묻었어묻었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 묻겠어요묻겠습니다묻겠어묻겠다
-을 것이다Going to 묻을 거예요묻을 것입니다묻을 거야묻을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 묻어요?묻습니까?묻어?묻니?
과거Past 묻었어요?묻었습니까?묻었어?묻었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 묻으세요묻으십시오묻어묻어라
청유Let's 묻어요묻읍시다묻어묻자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 묻어요안 묻습니다안 묻어안 묻는다
-지 않다Not (long) 묻지 않아요묻지 않습니다묻지 않아묻지 않는다
Cannot 못 묻어요못 묻습니다못 묻어못 묻는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 묻으세요묻으십니다묻으셔묻으신다
과거Past 묻으셨어요묻으셨습니다묻으셨어묻으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
묻는
과거Past
묻은
미래Future
묻을
회상Used to
묻던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
묻고
-게-ly / so that
묻게
-어서so / and then
묻어서
-으니까since
묻으니까
-으면if / when
묻으면
-지만but
묻지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
묻는데
-어도even if
묻어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 묻고 있어요묻고 있습니다묻고 있어묻고 있다
과거Was doing 묻고 있었어요묻고 있었습니다묻고 있었어묻고 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.

그것을 나는 내 마음속에만 묻어 두었다.

I have kept it to myself

라고 물으면 그들은 찾아보지요.

And they would look that up.

우리는 일하는 사람들에게 물었습니다.

If people are working, we've surveyed them.

라고 물었더니 다신 하지 말라고 그러더라고요.

And he said, "Don't do that again, Rev."

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 묻다 in Korean?

묻다 (to ask) is 묻어요 in the polite 해요체, 묻습니다 in formal 합니다체, 묻어 in casual 반말 and 묻는다 in the plain written style. The past is 묻었어요.

What is the past tense of 묻다?

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

Is 묻다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 묻습니다, 묻어, 묻으니 all keep 묻 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 묻다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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