넘나들다 Korean verb conjugation

to go and come back from across from some boundary

Every form of 넘나들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
넘나드는
아/어Infinitive
넘나들어
-으니Since
넘나드니
합니다Formal
넘나듭니다

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 넘나들어요넘나듭니다넘나들어넘나든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘나들었어요넘나들었습니다넘나들었어넘나들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 넘나들겠어요넘나들겠습니다넘나들겠어넘나들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 넘나들 거예요넘나들 것입니다넘나들 거야넘나들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘나들어요?넘나듭니까?넘나들어?넘나드니?
과거Past 넘나들었어요?넘나들었습니까?넘나들었어?넘나들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 넘나드세요넘나드십시오넘나들어넘나들어라
청유Let's 넘나들어요넘나듭시다넘나들어넘나들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 넘나들어요안 넘나듭니다안 넘나들어안 넘나든다
-지 않다Not (long) 넘나들지 않아요넘나들지 않습니다넘나들지 않아넘나들지 않는다
Cannot 못 넘나들어요못 넘나듭니다못 넘나들어못 넘나든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘나드세요넘나드십니다넘나드셔넘나드신다
과거Past 넘나드셨어요넘나드셨습니다넘나드셨어넘나드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
넘나드는
과거Past
넘나든
미래Future
넘나들
회상Used to
넘나들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
넘나들고
-게-ly / so that
넘나들게
-어서so / and then
넘나들어서
-으니까since
넘나드니까
-으면if / when
넘나들면
-지만but
넘나들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
넘나드는데
-어도even if
넘나들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 넘나들고 있어요넘나들고 있습니다넘나들고 있어넘나들고 있다
과거Was doing 넘나들고 있었어요넘나들고 있었습니다넘나들고 있었어넘나들고 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.

하지만 트롤들은 차원을 넘나들고 있었고 저는 그 방법을 알아내야 했어요.

Well, these trolls were hopping the dimensional doorway and I needed to figure out how.

이야기는 모든 경계를 넘나들어요.

Stories cut across all boundaries,

이제 국경을 넘나드는 사람들 차례입니다.

Or let's turn to people moving across borders.

그래도 전 그 경계를 넘나드는 걸 좋아해요.

But I like to cross boundaries.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 넘나들다 in Korean?

넘나들다 (to go and come back from across from some boundary) is 넘나들어요 in the polite 해요체, 넘나듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 넘나들어 in casual 반말 and 넘나든다 in the plain written style. The past is 넘나들었어요.

What is the past tense of 넘나들다?

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

Is 넘나들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 넘나들어 and 넘나드니 but unchanged in 넘나듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 넘나들다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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