나타나다

to appear

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
나타나는
아/어Infinitive
나타나
-으니Since
나타나니
합니다Formal
나타납니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나타나요나타납니다나타나나타난다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나타났어요나타났습니다나타났어나타났다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 나타나겠어요나타나겠습니다나타나겠어나타나겠다
-을 것이다Going to 나타날 거예요나타날 것입니다나타날 거야나타날 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나타나요?나타납니까?나타나?나타나니?
과거Past 나타났어요?나타났습니까?나타났어?나타났니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 나타나세요나타나십시오나타나나타나라
청유Let's 나타나요나타납시다나타나나타나자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 나타나요안 나타납니다안 나타나안 나타난다
-지 않다Not (long) 나타나지 않아요나타나지 않습니다나타나지 않아나타나지 않는다
못Cannot 못 나타나요못 나타납니다못 나타나못 나타난다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나타나세요나타나십니다나타나셔나타나신다
과거Past 나타나셨어요나타나셨습니다나타나셨어나타나셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
나타나는
과거Past
나타난
미래Future
나타날
회상Used to
나타나던

Joining clauses

-고and
나타나고
-게-ly / so that
나타나게
-어서so / and then
나타나서
-으니까since
나타나니까
-으면if / when
나타나면
-지만but
나타나지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
나타나는데
-어도even if
나타나도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 나타나고 있어요나타나고 있습니다나타나고 있어나타나고 있다
과거Was doing 나타나고 있었어요나타나고 있었습니다나타나고 있었어나타나고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그런데 이 사람이 나타났어요.

But then along comes this guy.

더 많은 사람들이 나타났을까?

Would more people show up?

그보다 더 잘하는 사람이 나타날 때까진요.

Well, until someone better comes along, right?

왜 우리에게 이런 일이 나타나는 걸까요?

Why is this happening to us?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 나타나다 in Korean?

나타나다 (to appear) is 나타나요 in the polite 해요체, 나타납니다 in formal 합니다체, 나타나 in casual 반말 and 나타난다 in the plain written style. The past is 나타났어요.

What is the past tense of 나타나다?

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

Is 나타나다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 나타납니다, 나타나, 나타나니 all keep 나타나 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 나타나다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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