눈뜨다 Korean verb conjugation
to open one's eyes
Every form of 눈뜨다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 눈뜨는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 눈떠
- -으니Since
- 눈뜨니
- 합니다Formal
- 눈뜹니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 눈떠요 | 눈뜹니다 | 눈떠 | 눈뜬다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 눈떴어요 | 눈떴습니다 | 눈떴어 | 눈떴다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 눈뜨겠어요 | 눈뜨겠습니다 | 눈뜨겠어 | 눈뜨겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 눈뜰 거예요 | 눈뜰 것입니다 | 눈뜰 거야 | 눈뜰 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 눈떠요? | 눈뜹니까? | 눈떠? | 눈뜨니? |
| 과거Past | 눈떴어요? | 눈떴습니까? | 눈떴어? | 눈떴니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 눈뜨세요 | 눈뜨십시오 | 눈떠 | 눈떠라 |
| 청유Let's | 눈떠요 | 눈뜹시다 | 눈떠 | 눈뜨자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 눈떠요 | 안 눈뜹니다 | 안 눈떠 | 안 눈뜬다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 눈뜨지 않아요 | 눈뜨지 않습니다 | 눈뜨지 않아 | 눈뜨지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 눈떠요 | 못 눈뜹니다 | 못 눈떠 | 못 눈뜬다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 눈뜨세요 | 눈뜨십니다 | 눈뜨셔 | 눈뜨신다 |
| 과거Past | 눈뜨셨어요 | 눈뜨셨습니다 | 눈뜨셨어 | 눈뜨셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 눈뜨는
- 과거Past
- 눈뜬
- 미래Future
- 눈뜰
- 회상Used to
- 눈뜨던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 눈뜨고
- -게-ly / so that
- 눈뜨게
- -어서so / and then
- 눈떠서
- -으니까since
- 눈뜨니까
- -으면if / when
- 눈뜨면
- -지만but
- 눈뜨지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 눈뜨는데
- -어도even if
- 눈떠도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 눈뜨고 있어요 | 눈뜨고 있습니다 | 눈뜨고 있어 | 눈뜨고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 눈뜨고 있었어요 | 눈뜨고 있었습니다 | 눈뜨고 있었어 | 눈뜨고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 눈뜨다
- 1이 2에 눈뜨다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
부탁이니 아직 눈뜨지 말아요
Please, don't open them just yet.
스스로와 좀 더 조화를 이루게 되었고 주위 환경과 우리의 행동에 더 눈뜨게 되었어요.
We became much more in tune with ourselves, much more aware of our behaviors and our surroundings.
헬렌 켈러는 눈이 머는 것보다 눈뜬 장님이 되는 게 더 나쁘다고 말했죠.
Helen Keller said that the only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
제가 헌팅턴에서 받았거나 받고 있는 길거리 수준의 교육은 저를 눈뜨게 했고, 저의 삶을 바꿔놓았습니다.
The education that I have received and continue to receive on a street level in Huntington has been both eye-opening and life-changing for me.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 눈뜨다 in Korean?
눈뜨다 (to open one's eyes) is 눈떠요 in the polite 해요체, 눈뜹니다 in formal 합니다체, 눈떠 in casual 반말 and 눈뜬다 in the plain written style. The past is 눈떴어요.
What is the past tense of 눈뜨다?
눈떴어요 in everyday polite speech, 눈떴습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 눈떠 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 눈뜨다 irregular?
Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 눈떠 and 눈뜨니 but unchanged in 눈뜹니다.
What TOPIK level is 눈뜨다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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