넘어지다

to fall

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
넘어지는
아/어Infinitive
넘어져
-으니Since
넘어지니
합니다Formal
넘어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘어져요넘어집니다넘어져넘어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘어졌어요넘어졌습니다넘어졌어넘어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 넘어지겠어요넘어지겠습니다넘어지겠어넘어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 넘어질 거예요넘어질 것입니다넘어질 거야넘어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘어져요?넘어집니까?넘어져?넘어지니?
과거Past 넘어졌어요?넘어졌습니까?넘어졌어?넘어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 넘어지세요넘어지십시오넘어져넘어져라
청유Let's 넘어져요넘어집시다넘어져넘어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 넘어져요안 넘어집니다안 넘어져안 넘어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 넘어지지 않아요넘어지지 않습니다넘어지지 않아넘어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 넘어져요못 넘어집니다못 넘어져못 넘어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘어지세요넘어지십니다넘어지셔넘어지신다
과거Past 넘어지셨어요넘어지셨습니다넘어지셨어넘어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
넘어지는
과거Past
넘어진
미래Future
넘어질
회상Used to
넘어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
넘어지고
-게-ly / so that
넘어지게
-어서so / and then
넘어져서
-으니까since
넘어지니까
-으면if / when
넘어지면
-지만but
넘어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
넘어지는데
-어도even if
넘어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 넘어지고 있어요넘어지고 있습니다넘어지고 있어넘어지고 있다
과거Was doing 넘어지고 있었어요넘어지고 있었습니다넘어지고 있었어넘어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이론물리학은 그렇습니다. 넘어질 일이 많아요.

That's what doing theoretical physics is like: there are a lot of wipeouts.

타니나가 넘어졌어요.

Tanina fell.

술에 취한 걸까요? 넘어진 걸까요?

Was he drunk? Did he fall over?

돌아서도 넘어지죠. 이건 심각한 문제지요.

Turn around, and they fall over. It's a serious problem.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 넘어지다 in Korean?

넘어지다 (to fall) is 넘어져요 in the polite 해요체, 넘어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 넘어져 in casual 반말 and 넘어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 넘어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 넘어지다?

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

Is 넘어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 넘어집니다, 넘어져, 넘어지니 all keep 넘어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 넘어지다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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