나가다

to keep doing, to go on doing

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
나가는
아/어Infinitive
나가
-으니Since
나가니
합니다Formal
나갑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나가요나갑니다나가나간다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나갔어요나갔습니다나갔어나갔다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

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

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 나가세요나가십시오나가나가라
also, archaic나가거라
청유Let's 나가요나갑시다나가나가자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 나가요안 나갑니다안 나가안 나간다
-지 않다Not (long) 나가지 않아요나가지 않습니다나가지 않아나가지 않는다
못Cannot 못 나가요못 나갑니다못 나가못 나간다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나가세요나가십니다나가셔나가신다
과거Past 나가셨어요나가셨습니다나가셨어나가셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
나가는
과거Past
나간
미래Future
나갈
회상Used to
나가던

Joining 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

In progress

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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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