내키다 Korean verb conjugation

to feel like

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 내키다 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
내키는
아/어Infinitive
내켜
-으니Since
내키니
합니다Formal
내킵니다

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 내켜요내킵니다내켜내킨다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 내켰어요내켰습니다내켰어내켰다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 내키겠어요내키겠습니다내키겠어내키겠다
-을 것이다Going to 내킬 거예요내킬 것입니다내킬 거야내킬 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 내켜요?내킵니까?내켜?내키니?
과거Past 내켰어요?내켰습니까?내켰어?내켰니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 내키세요내키십시오내켜내켜라
청유Let's 내켜요내킵시다내켜내키자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 내켜요안 내킵니다안 내켜안 내킨다
-지 않다Not (long) 내키지 않아요내키지 않습니다내키지 않아내키지 않는다
Cannot 못 내켜요못 내킵니다못 내켜못 내킨다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 내키세요내키십니다내키셔내키신다
과거Past 내키셨어요내키셨습니다내키셨어내키셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
내키는
과거Past
내킨
미래Future
내킬
회상Used to
내키던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
내키고
-게-ly / so that
내키게
-어서so / and then
내켜서
-으니까since
내키니까
-으면if / when
내키면
-지만but
내키지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
내키는데
-어도even if
내켜도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 내키고 있어요내키고 있습니다내키고 있어내키고 있다
과거Was doing 내키고 있었어요내키고 있었습니다내키고 있었어내키고 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.

말할 필요도 없이, 전혀 내키지 않는 제안이었습니다.

Needless to say, that didn't resonate for me.

안 내키면 그냥 가죠

I'm happy to leave if you want me to.

마음 내키는 대로 해

You do what you wanna do.

혼자 가는 게 내키지 않아

I don't want to go alone

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 내키다 in Korean?

내키다 (to feel like) is 내켜요 in the polite 해요체, 내킵니다 in formal 합니다체, 내켜 in casual 반말 and 내킨다 in the plain written style. The past is 내켰어요.

What is the past tense of 내키다?

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

Is 내키다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 내킵니다, 내켜, 내키니 all keep 내키 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 내키다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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