내다 Korean verb conjugation

to pay

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 내다 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
내는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
내니
합니다Formal
냅니다

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 내요냅니다낸다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 냈어요냈습니다냈어냈다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 내겠어요내겠습니다내겠어내겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낼 거예요낼 것입니다낼 거야낼 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 내요?냅니까?내?내니?
과거Past 냈어요?냈습니까?냈어?냈니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 내세요내십시오내라
청유Let's 내요냅시다내자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 내요안 냅니다안 내안 낸다
-지 않다Not (long) 내지 않아요내지 않습니다내지 않아내지 않는다
Cannot 못 내요못 냅니다못 내못 낸다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 내세요내십니다내셔내신다
과거Past 내셨어요내셨습니다내셨어내셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
내는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
내던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
내고
-게-ly / so that
내게
-어서so / and then
내서
-으니까since
내니까
-으면if / when
내면
-지만but
내지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
내는데
-어도even if
내도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 내고 있어요내고 있습니다내고 있어내고 있다
과거Was doing 내고 있었어요내고 있었습니다내고 있었어내고 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.

제가 해낸 겁니다.

I'd made it out.

제가 소리를 내볼게요.

I'm going to make a sound.

어떻게 해야할까요? 어떻게 함께 해 낼 수 있을까요?

So how are we going to do it? How are we going to do it together?

우리가 알아내려는 다른 한 가지는 그게 누구인가 입니다.

The other thing we want to understand is who they are.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 내다 in Korean?

내다 (to pay) is 내요 in the polite 해요체, 냅니다 in formal 합니다체, 내 in casual 반말 and 낸다 in the plain written style. The past is 냈어요.

What is the past tense of 내다?

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

Is 내다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 냅니다, 내, 내니 all keep 내 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 내다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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