넘치다

to overflow

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
넘치는
아/어Infinitive
넘쳐
-으니Since
넘치니
합니다Formal
넘칩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘쳐요넘칩니다넘쳐넘친다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘쳤어요넘쳤습니다넘쳤어넘쳤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 넘치겠어요넘치겠습니다넘치겠어넘치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 넘칠 거예요넘칠 것입니다넘칠 거야넘칠 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘쳐요?넘칩니까?넘쳐?넘치니?
과거Past 넘쳤어요?넘쳤습니까?넘쳤어?넘쳤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 넘치세요넘치십시오넘쳐넘쳐라
청유Let's 넘쳐요넘칩시다넘쳐넘치자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 넘쳐요안 넘칩니다안 넘쳐안 넘친다
-지 않다Not (long) 넘치지 않아요넘치지 않습니다넘치지 않아넘치지 않는다
못Cannot 못 넘쳐요못 넘칩니다못 넘쳐못 넘친다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘치세요넘치십니다넘치셔넘치신다
과거Past 넘치셨어요넘치셨습니다넘치셨어넘치셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
넘치는
과거Past
넘친
미래Future
넘칠
회상Used to
넘치던

Joining clauses

-고and
넘치고
-게-ly / so that
넘치게
-어서so / and then
넘쳐서
-으니까since
넘치니까
-으면if / when
넘치면
-지만but
넘치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
넘치는데
-어도even if
넘쳐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 넘치고 있어요넘치고 있습니다넘치고 있어넘치고 있다
과거Was doing 넘치고 있었어요넘치고 있었습니다넘치고 있었어넘치고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그는 소식을 듣고 기쁨에 넘쳤다.

He was brimming with happiness after hearing the news.

여러분 주변에 정보가 넘칠 때, 무엇을 하시겠어요?

So what do you do when the information is all around you?

그건 여기에 넘쳐나고 있는 3가지 것만 있으면 됩니다.

It does it simply with three things that we have here in abundance.

생각해야 될 건 넘쳐나죠!

There's so much to think about!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 넘치다 in Korean?

넘치다 (to overflow) is 넘쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 넘칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 넘쳐 in casual 반말 and 넘친다 in the plain written style. The past is 넘쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 넘치다?

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

Is 넘치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 넘칩니다, 넘쳐, 넘치니 all keep 넘치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 넘치다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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