묻다

to ask

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
묻는
아/어Infinitive
묻어
-으니Since
묻으니
합니다Formal
묻습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 묻어요묻습니다묻어묻는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 묻었어요묻었습니다묻었어묻었다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

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

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 묻으세요묻으십시오묻어묻어라
청유Let's 묻어요묻읍시다묻어묻자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 묻어요안 묻습니다안 묻어안 묻는다
-지 않다Not (long) 묻지 않아요묻지 않습니다묻지 않아묻지 않는다
못Cannot 못 묻어요못 묻습니다못 묻어못 묻는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 묻으세요묻으십니다묻으셔묻으신다
과거Past 묻으셨어요묻으셨습니다묻으셨어묻으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
묻는
과거Past
묻은
미래Future
묻을
회상Used to
묻던

Joining 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

In progress

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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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."

Common 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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