나가다 Korean verb conjugation

to keep doing, to go on doing

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 나가다 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
나가는
아/어Infinitive
나가
-으니Since
나가니
합니다Formal
나갑니다

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 나가요나갑니다나가나간다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나갔어요나갔습니다나갔어나갔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 나가겠어요나가겠습니다나가겠어나가겠다
-을 것이다Going to 나갈 거예요나갈 것입니다나갈 거야나갈 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나가요?나갑니까?나가?나가니?
과거Past 나갔어요?나갔습니까?나갔어?나갔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 나가세요나가십시오나가나가라
also, archaic나가거라
청유Let's 나가요나갑시다나가나가자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 나가요안 나갑니다안 나가안 나간다
-지 않다Not (long) 나가지 않아요나가지 않습니다나가지 않아나가지 않는다
Cannot 못 나가요못 나갑니다못 나가못 나간다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나가세요나가십니다나가셔나가신다
과거Past 나가셨어요나가셨습니다나가셨어나가셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
나가는
과거Past
나간
미래Future
나갈
회상Used to
나가던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
나가고
-게-ly / so that
나가게
-어서so / and then
나가서
-으니까since
나가니까
-으면if / when
나가면
-지만but
나가지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
나가는데
-어도even if
나가도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 나가고 있어요나가고 있습니다나가고 있어나가고 있다
과거Was doing 나가고 있었어요나가고 있었습니다나가고 있었어나가고 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.

정신나간 이야기 같죠.

It sounds totally crazy.

저를 다시 써나갔습니다.

And there, I wrote myself back together.

저도 이가 나간 적 있어요.

I cut my teeth on those.

그들의 친구들도 떨어져 나갔습니다.

Their friends drifted away.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 나가다 in Korean?

나가다 (to keep doing, to go on doing) is 나가요 in the polite 해요체, 나갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 나가 in casual 반말 and 나간다 in the plain written style. The past is 나갔어요.

What is the past tense of 나가다?

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

Is 나가다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 나갑니다, 나가, 나가니 all keep 나가 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 나가다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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