늙다

to grow old

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
늙는
아/어Infinitive
늙어
-으니Since
늙으니
합니다Formal
늙습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늙어요늙습니다늙어늙는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늙었어요늙었습니다늙었어늙었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 늙겠어요늙겠습니다늙겠어늙겠다
-을 것이다Going to 늙을 거예요늙을 것입니다늙을 거야늙을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늙어요?늙습니까?늙어?늙니?
과거Past 늙었어요?늙었습니까?늙었어?늙었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 늙으세요늙으십시오늙어늙어라
청유Let's 늙어요늙읍시다늙어늙자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 늙어요안 늙습니다안 늙어안 늙는다
-지 않다Not (long) 늙지 않아요늙지 않습니다늙지 않아늙지 않는다
못Cannot 못 늙어요못 늙습니다못 늙어못 늙는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늙으세요늙으십니다늙으셔늙으신다
과거Past 늙으셨어요늙으셨습니다늙으셨어늙으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
늙는
과거Past
늙은
미래Future
늙을
회상Used to
늙던

Joining clauses

-고and
늙고
-게-ly / so that
늙게
-어서so / and then
늙어서
-으니까since
늙으니까
-으면if / when
늙으면
-지만but
늙지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
늙는데
-어도even if
늙어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 늙고 있어요늙고 있습니다늙고 있어늙고 있다
과거Was doing 늙고 있었어요늙고 있었습니다늙고 있었어늙고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

난 아마 너무 늙었어.

I may be too old.

나 너무 늙은 것 같아.

I feel too old.

너와 함께 늙어가고 싶어.

I want to grow old with you.

저 늙은 여성은 누구인가?

Who is that old woman?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 늙다 in Korean?

늙다 (to grow old) is 늙어요 in the polite 해요체, 늙습니다 in formal 합니다체, 늙어 in casual 반말 and 늙는다 in the plain written style. The past is 늙었어요.

What is the past tense of 늙다?

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

Is 늙다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 늙습니다, 늙어, 늙으니 all keep 늙 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 늙다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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