날다

to fly

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
나는
아/어Infinitive
날아
-으니Since
나니
합니다Formal
납니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 날아요납니다날아난다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 날았어요날았습니다날았어날았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 날겠어요날겠습니다날겠어날겠다
-을 것이다Going to 날 거예요날 것입니다날 거야날 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 날아요?납니까?날아?나니?
과거Past 날았어요?날았습니까?날았어?날았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 나세요나십시오날아날아라
청유Let's 날아요납시다날아날자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 날아요안 납니다안 날아안 난다
-지 않다Not (long) 날지 않아요날지 않습니다날지 않아날지 않는다
못Cannot 못 날아요못 납니다못 날아못 난다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나세요나십니다나셔나신다
과거Past 나셨어요나셨습니다나셨어나셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
나는
과거Past
난
미래Future
날
회상Used to
날던

Joining clauses

-고and
날고
-게-ly / so that
날게
-어서so / and then
날아서
-으니까since
나니까
-으면if / when
날면
-지만but
날지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
나는데
-어도even if
날아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 날고 있어요날고 있습니다날고 있어날고 있다
과거Was doing 날고 있었어요날고 있었습니다날고 있었어날고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

새가 하늘을 날고 있다.

A bird flies in the sky.

이를 받아들이고 날아올랐습니다.

He had embraced that mess, and it soared.

하지만 3년 뒤에는 날 수 있게 됩니다.

But within three years, he could.

하겠죠. 어떤 건 날고, 어떤 건 못 날 거구요.

Some of them did; some of them didn't.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 날다 in Korean?

날다 (to fly) is 날아요 in the polite 해요체, 납니다 in formal 합니다체, 날아 in casual 반말 and 난다 in the plain written style. The past is 날았어요.

What is the past tense of 날다?

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

Is 날다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 날아 and 나니 but unchanged in 납니다.

What TOPIK level is 날다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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