오다 Korean verb conjugation

to have been doing (up to now)

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 오다 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
오는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
오니
합니다Formal
옵니다

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 와요옵니다온다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 왔어요왔습니다왔어왔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 오겠어요오겠습니다오겠어오겠다
-을 것이다Going to 올 거예요올 것입니다올 거야올 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 와요?옵니까?와?오니?
과거Past 왔어요?왔습니까?왔어?왔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 오세요오십시오와라
also, archaic오너라
청유Let's 와요옵시다오자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 와요안 옵니다안 와안 온다
-지 않다Not (long) 오지 않아요오지 않습니다오지 않아오지 않는다
Cannot 못 와요못 옵니다못 와못 온다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 오세요오십니다오셔오신다
과거Past 오셨어요오셨습니다오셨어오셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
오는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
오던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
오고
-게-ly / so that
오게
-어서so / and then
와서
-으니까since
오니까
-으면if / when
오면
-지만but
오지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
오는데
-어도even if
와도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 오고 있어요오고 있습니다오고 있어오고 있다
과거Was doing 오고 있었어요오고 있었습니다오고 있었어오고 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.

20년째 해오고 있는 일이죠.

We've been doing this for a couple of decades now.

그게 우리가 해 오고 있는 일입니다.

And that's what we've done.

그 사람이 왔어.

He came.

일 때문에 왔어요.

I'm here for work.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 오다 in Korean?

오다 (to have been doing (up to now)) is 와요 in the polite 해요체, 옵니다 in formal 합니다체, 와 in casual 반말 and 온다 in the plain written style. The past is 왔어요.

What is the past tense of 오다?

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

Is 오다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 옵니다, 와, 오니 all keep 오 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 오다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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