외다 Korean verb conjugation

to memorize, to recite

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 외다 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
외는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
외니
합니다Formal
욉니다

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 왜요욉니다왼다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 왰어요왰습니다왰어왰다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 외겠어요외겠습니다외겠어외겠다
-을 것이다Going to 욀 거예요욀 것입니다욀 거야욀 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 왜요?욉니까?왜?외니?
과거Past 왰어요?왰습니까?왰어?왰니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 외세요외십시오왜라
청유Let's 왜요욉시다외자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 왜요안 욉니다안 왜안 왼다
-지 않다Not (long) 외지 않아요외지 않습니다외지 않아외지 않는다
Cannot 못 왜요못 욉니다못 왜못 왼다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 외세요외십니다외셔외신다
과거Past 외셨어요외셨습니다외셨어외셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
외는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
외던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
외고
-게-ly / so that
외게
-어서so / and then
왜서
-으니까since
외니까
-으면if / when
외면
-지만but
외지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
외는데
-어도even if
왜도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 외고 있어요외고 있습니다외고 있어외고 있다
과거Was doing 외고 있었어요외고 있었습니다외고 있었어외고 있었다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

내가 이걸 다 외어야 돼?

Do I have to memorize all of this?"

외는 다음 의미를 지니고 있다.

It's just going to make sense.

분자 주문을 외는 데에는 여러 가지 방법이 있습니다.

There are many ways of casting molecular spells using DNA.

클리닉 열쇠를 왜 주시는 거예요?

Why give me your keys to the clinic?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 외다 in Korean?

외다 (to memorize, to recite) is 왜요 in the polite 해요체, 욉니다 in formal 합니다체, 왜 in casual 반말 and 왼다 in the plain written style. The past is 왰어요.

What is the past tense of 외다?

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

Is 외다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 욉니다, 왜, 외니 all keep 외 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 외다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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