낚다

to fish

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
낚는
아/어Infinitive
낚아
-으니Since
낚으니
합니다Formal
낚습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낚아요낚습니다낚아낚는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낚았어요낚았습니다낚았어낚았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 낚겠어요낚겠습니다낚겠어낚겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낚을 거예요낚을 것입니다낚을 거야낚을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낚아요?낚습니까?낚아?낚니?
과거Past 낚았어요?낚았습니까?낚았어?낚았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 낚으세요낚으십시오낚아낚아라
청유Let's 낚아요낚읍시다낚아낚자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 낚아요안 낚습니다안 낚아안 낚는다
-지 않다Not (long) 낚지 않아요낚지 않습니다낚지 않아낚지 않는다
못Cannot 못 낚아요못 낚습니다못 낚아못 낚는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낚으세요낚으십니다낚으셔낚으신다
과거Past 낚으셨어요낚으셨습니다낚으셨어낚으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
낚는
과거Past
낚은
미래Future
낚을
회상Used to
낚던

Joining clauses

-고and
낚고
-게-ly / so that
낚게
-어서so / and then
낚아서
-으니까since
낚으니까
-으면if / when
낚으면
-지만but
낚지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
낚는데
-어도even if
낚아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 낚고 있어요낚고 있습니다낚고 있어낚고 있다
과거Was doing 낚고 있었어요낚고 있었습니다낚고 있었어낚고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

원숭이가 위에서 다른 원숭이를 낚으려고 하죠.

A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above.

자넨 무엇을 낚을 것인가?

Will you fish, too, Clavius?

사람들을 낚기에 딱 좋아요.

It's a great way to catch a human.

넌 날 낚았어 거짓말을 했잖아

You lied to me. - I had no choice.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 낚다 in Korean?

낚다 (to fish) is 낚아요 in the polite 해요체, 낚습니다 in formal 합니다체, 낚아 in casual 반말 and 낚는다 in the plain written style. The past is 낚았어요.

What is the past tense of 낚다?

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

Is 낚다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 낚습니다, 낚아, 낚으니 all keep 낚 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 낚다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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