넘어서다 Korean verb conjugation

to cross over

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 넘어서다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
넘어서는
아/어Infinitive
넘어서
-으니Since
넘어서니
합니다Formal
넘어섭니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘어서요넘어섭니다넘어서넘어선다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘어섰어요넘어섰습니다넘어섰어넘어섰다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 넘어서겠어요넘어서겠습니다넘어서겠어넘어서겠다
-을 것이다Going to 넘어설 거예요넘어설 것입니다넘어설 거야넘어설 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘어서요?넘어섭니까?넘어서?넘어서니?
과거Past 넘어섰어요?넘어섰습니까?넘어섰어?넘어섰니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 넘어서세요넘어서십시오넘어서넘어서라
청유Let's 넘어서요넘어섭시다넘어서넘어서자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 넘어서요안 넘어섭니다안 넘어서안 넘어선다
-지 않다Not (long) 넘어서지 않아요넘어서지 않습니다넘어서지 않아넘어서지 않는다
Cannot 못 넘어서요못 넘어섭니다못 넘어서못 넘어선다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘어서세요넘어서십니다넘어서셔넘어서신다
과거Past 넘어서셨어요넘어서셨습니다넘어서셨어넘어서셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
넘어서는
과거Past
넘어선
미래Future
넘어설
회상Used to
넘어서던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
넘어서고
-게-ly / so that
넘어서게
-어서so / and then
넘어서서
-으니까since
넘어서니까
-으면if / when
넘어서면
-지만but
넘어서지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
넘어서는데
-어도even if
넘어서도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 넘어서고 있어요넘어서고 있습니다넘어서고 있어넘어서고 있다
과거Was doing 넘어서고 있었어요넘어서고 있었습니다넘어서고 있었어넘어서고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

난 이 마을을 넘어선 삶을 원해.

I want a life beyond this town.

이것은 물론 키리바티 스스로의 자원을 넘어서는 일입니다.

This, of course, is beyond the resources of Kiribati itself.

그들은 물질적인 것을 넘어서는 가치를 보려고 하지 않아요.

They didn't even see the intangible stuff higher up the pyramid.

그리고 제가 먼저 이야기 했던 대로, 중국은 미국을 넘어서지 못하고 있습니다.

And as I said earlier, China has not passed the United States.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 넘어서다 in Korean?

넘어서다 (to cross over) is 넘어서요 in the polite 해요체, 넘어섭니다 in formal 합니다체, 넘어서 in casual 반말 and 넘어선다 in the plain written style. The past is 넘어섰어요.

What is the past tense of 넘어서다?

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

Is 넘어서다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 넘어섭니다, 넘어서, 넘어서니 all keep 넘어서 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 넘어서다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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