낳다

to give birth to, to lay

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
낳는
아/어Infinitive
낳아
-으니Since
낳으니
합니다Formal
낳습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낳아요낳습니다낳아낳는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낳았어요낳았습니다낳았어낳았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 낳겠어요낳겠습니다낳겠어낳겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낳을 거예요낳을 것입니다낳을 거야낳을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낳아요?낳습니까?낳아?낳니?
과거Past 낳았어요?낳았습니까?낳았어?낳았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 낳으세요낳으십시오낳아낳아라
청유Let's 낳아요낳읍시다낳아낳자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 낳아요안 낳습니다안 낳아안 낳는다
-지 않다Not (long) 낳지 않아요낳지 않습니다낳지 않아낳지 않는다
못Cannot 못 낳아요못 낳습니다못 낳아못 낳는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낳으세요낳으십니다낳으셔낳으신다
과거Past 낳으셨어요낳으셨습니다낳으셨어낳으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
낳는
과거Past
낳은
미래Future
낳을
회상Used to
낳던

Joining clauses

-고and
낳고
-게-ly / so that
낳게
-어서so / and then
낳아서
-으니까since
낳으니까
-으면if / when
낳으면
-지만but
낳지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
낳는데
-어도even if
낳아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 낳고 있어요낳고 있습니다낳고 있어낳고 있다
과거Was doing 낳고 있었어요낳고 있었습니다낳고 있었어낳고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

사랑은 사람들이 아이를 낳게 한다.

Love tricks us into having babies.

변화는 변화를 낳는다.

Change begets change.

내가 널 낳았지만 말이다

I know I birthed you, Hank.

그 후에 아들을 낳았어요

So, then after that I had a son.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 낳다 in Korean?

낳다 (to give birth to, to lay) is 낳아요 in the polite 해요체, 낳습니다 in formal 합니다체, 낳아 in casual 반말 and 낳는다 in the plain written style. The past is 낳았어요.

What is the past tense of 낳다?

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

Is 낳다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 낳습니다, 낳아, 낳으니 all keep 낳 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 낳다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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