늦어지다

to become late

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
늦어지는
아/어Infinitive
늦어져
-으니Since
늦어지니
합니다Formal
늦어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늦어져요늦어집니다늦어져늦어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늦어졌어요늦어졌습니다늦어졌어늦어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 늦어지겠어요늦어지겠습니다늦어지겠어늦어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 늦어질 거예요늦어질 것입니다늦어질 거야늦어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늦어져요?늦어집니까?늦어져?늦어지니?
과거Past 늦어졌어요?늦어졌습니까?늦어졌어?늦어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 늦어지세요늦어지십시오늦어져늦어져라
청유Let's 늦어져요늦어집시다늦어져늦어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 늦어져요안 늦어집니다안 늦어져안 늦어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 늦어지지 않아요늦어지지 않습니다늦어지지 않아늦어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 늦어져요못 늦어집니다못 늦어져못 늦어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늦어지세요늦어지십니다늦어지셔늦어지신다
과거Past 늦어지셨어요늦어지셨습니다늦어지셨어늦어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
늦어지는
과거Past
늦어진
미래Future
늦어질
회상Used to
늦어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
늦어지고
-게-ly / so that
늦어지게
-어서so / and then
늦어져서
-으니까since
늦어지니까
-으면if / when
늦어지면
-지만but
늦어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
늦어지는데
-어도even if
늦어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 늦어지고 있어요늦어지고 있습니다늦어지고 있어늦어지고 있다
과거Was doing 늦어지고 있었어요늦어지고 있었습니다늦어지고 있었어늦어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

늦어질 것 같아

Well, it's getting late.

좀 늦어지고 있어요.

They're running late.

이 시기는 천천히 늦어지고 있다.

It's time to slow down.

몇몇은 읽고 쓸 수 있는 능력이 늦어질 수 있다.

Many learn to read and write and some are able to do paid work.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 늦어지다 in Korean?

늦어지다 (to become late) is 늦어져요 in the polite 해요체, 늦어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 늦어져 in casual 반말 and 늦어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 늦어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 늦어지다?

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

Is 늦어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 늦어집니다, 늦어져, 늦어지니 all keep 늦어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 늦어지다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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