나다 Korean verb conjugation

to be born

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 나다 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
나는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
나니
합니다Formal
납니다

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 나요납니다난다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 났어요났습니다났어났다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 나겠어요나겠습니다나겠어나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 날 거예요날 것입니다날 거야날 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나요?납니까?나?나니?
과거Past 났어요?났습니까?났어?났니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 나세요나십시오나라
청유Let's 나요납시다나자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 나요안 납니다안 나안 난다
-지 않다Not (long) 나지 않아요나지 않습니다나지 않아나지 않는다
Cannot 못 나요못 납니다못 나못 난다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나세요나십니다나셔나신다
과거Past 나셨어요나셨습니다나셨어나셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
나는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
나던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
나고
-게-ly / so that
나게
-어서so / and then
나서
-으니까since
나니까
-으면if / when
나면
-지만but
나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
나는데
-어도even if
나도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 나고 있어요나고 있습니다나고 있어나고 있다
과거Was doing 나고 있었어요나고 있었습니다나고 있었어나고 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.

어떤 내가 나일까요?

Which you is who?

그리고 나서 다시 오십시오.

And then, come back.

그러나, 그리고 나서는, 미국에서는 스페인만큼

But it didn't have quite the same pickup in the U.S.

나라면 안 가요

I'd sit this one out, Cap.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 나다 in Korean?

나다 (to be born) is 나요 in the polite 해요체, 납니다 in formal 합니다체, 나 in casual 반말 and 난다 in the plain written style. The past is 났어요.

What is the past tense of 나다?

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

Is 나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 납니다, 나, 나니 all keep 나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 나다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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