놓다 Korean verb conjugation

to put, to place

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 놓다 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
놓는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
놓으니
합니다Formal
놓습니다

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 놔요놓습니다놓는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 놨어요놨습니다놨어놨다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 놓겠어요놓겠습니다놓겠어놓겠다
-을 것이다Going to 놓을 거예요놓을 것입니다놓을 거야놓을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 놔요?놓습니까?놔?놓니?
과거Past 놨어요?놨습니까?놨어?놨니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 놓으세요놓으십시오놔라
청유Let's 놔요놓읍시다놓자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 놔요안 놓습니다안 놔안 놓는다
-지 않다Not (long) 놓지 않아요놓지 않습니다놓지 않아놓지 않는다
Cannot 못 놔요못 놓습니다못 놔못 놓는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 놓으세요놓으십니다놓으셔놓으신다
과거Past 놓으셨어요놓으셨습니다놓으셨어놓으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
놓는
과거Past
놓은
미래Future
놓을
회상Used to
놓던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
놓고
-게-ly / so that
놓게
-어서so / and then
놔서
-으니까since
놓으니까
-으면if / when
놓으면
-지만but
놓지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
놓는데
-어도even if
놔도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 놓고 있어요놓고 있습니다놓고 있어놓고 있다
과거Was doing 놓고 있었어요놓고 있었습니다놓고 있었어놓고 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.

그 사람을 놓아 줘.

Release him.

정신줄 놓는 줄 알았어요.

And this blew our minds.

뭐라고 써놨는지 한 번 보자면,

Look at some of the things that are on it, that it says.

이제 두 분만 놓고 이야기 해 볼게요.

Now, everyone look at two people.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 놓다 in Korean?

놓다 (to put, to place) is 놔요 in the polite 해요체, 놓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 놔 in casual 반말 and 놓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 놨어요.

What is the past tense of 놓다?

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

Is 놓다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 놓습니다, 놓아, 놓으니 all keep 놓 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 놓다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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