편들다 Korean verb conjugation

to side with

Every form of 편들다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
편드는
아/어Infinitive
편들어
-으니Since
편드니
합니다Formal
편듭니다

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 편들어요편듭니다편들어편든다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 편들었어요편들었습니다편들었어편들었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 편들겠어요편들겠습니다편들겠어편들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 편들 거예요편들 것입니다편들 거야편들 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 편들어요?편듭니까?편들어?편드니?
과거Past 편들었어요?편들었습니까?편들었어?편들었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 편드세요편드십시오편들어편들어라
청유Let's 편들어요편듭시다편들어편들자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 편들어요안 편듭니다안 편들어안 편든다
-지 않다Not (long) 편들지 않아요편들지 않습니다편들지 않아편들지 않는다
Cannot 못 편들어요못 편듭니다못 편들어못 편든다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 편드세요편드십니다편드셔편드신다
과거Past 편드셨어요편드셨습니다편드셨어편드셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
편드는
과거Past
편든
미래Future
편들
회상Used to
편들던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
편들고
-게-ly / so that
편들게
-어서so / and then
편들어서
-으니까since
편드니까
-으면if / when
편들면
-지만but
편들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
편드는데
-어도even if
편들어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 편들고 있어요편들고 있습니다편들고 있어편들고 있다
과거Was doing 편들고 있었어요편들고 있었습니다편들고 있었어편들고 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.

서로 편들고 그러는 건 아니지

There's no pulling anybody aside.

지금 편들어서 나랑 싸우려는 겁니까?

You two working together on this?

이번엔 편들어 줄 해먼드도 없어

And Hammond won't be there to protect you this time.

정부가 사측을 편든다는 것은 명백해졌다.

Government debt seems to be permanent.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 편들다 in Korean?

편들다 (to side with) is 편들어요 in the polite 해요체, 편듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 편들어 in casual 반말 and 편든다 in the plain written style. The past is 편들었어요.

What is the past tense of 편들다?

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

Is 편들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 편들어 and 편드니 but unchanged in 편듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 편들다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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